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1 cpanel installation guide for CloudFlare certified partners Installation using an SSH client such as Terminal or Putty Installation 1. Access cpanel for the server using root user by: ssh IP ADDRESS or SERVER NAME 2. bash <(curl -s CloudFlare-CPanel/master/cloudflare.install.sh) $HOST_API_KEY $YOUR_COMPANY_NAME $HOST_API_KEY will look similar to 56yt8x9s987dfy4324bnv. $YOUR_COMPANY_NAME should be wrapped in quotes like so Awesome Hosting 3. This will start the installation. The cpanel Plugin files are installed first, followed by mod_cloudflare. Depending on your server, it will take between 15 seconds and 4 minutes. You know it will be done when you see: CloudFlare module installed successfully 4. CloudFlare is now successfully added to this server. You need to repeat the process for each additional server (unless you have an automatic update script). This takes you back two levels. At the end of the installation, you should see output like below. A successful install will show your company name in the output: { host_key : dcc508000df8e515c5d7af6238f78b75 -, host_formal_name : KAMILLA, host_name : api.cloudflare.com, host_uri : /host-gw.html, user_name : user_uri : /api_json.html, host_port : 443, host_prefix : cloudflare-resolve-to, cloudflare_on_message : It worked! CloudFlare is being activated for your site. This will take up to 5 minutes. In the meantime, you can choose your CloudFlare Settings below., cp_version : 2.3 } 1

sh) $HOST_API_KEY $YOUR_COMPANY_NAME $HOST_API_KEY will look similar to 56yt8x9s987dfy4324bnv. $YOUR_COMPANY_NAME should be wrapped in quotes like so Awesome Hosting 3.

2 This plugin provisions CloudFlare via delegating CNAMEs. Your customers continue to point their domain to your authoritative DNS servers. You do the delegation for them via this plugin. This is different than websites that sign up at cloudflare.com. Since CloudFlare works through CNAMEs, CloudFlare cannot be enabled on the root domain, which is an A record. If your customer wants to use CloudFlare to accelerate and protect traffic going to the root domain, they need to add a redirect in the.htaccess file to www or consider signing up directly on CloudFlare. cpanel activation guide for CloudFlare Certified Partner customers Step 1: Find CloudFlare in the Control Panel After the CloudFlare plug-in is installed, your clients will see a CloudFlare icon in their cpanel. 2

If your customer wants to use CloudFlare to accelerate and protect traffic going to the root domain, they need to add a redirect in the.

3 Step 2: Activation To enable CloudFlare, click on CloudFlare Status - Grey cloud to Orange cloud. 3

4 Step 3: Enable CloudFlare for subdomains For existing subdomains click CloudFlare Status by turning the grey cloud into an orange one. For subdomains with A records, go to Advanced DNS Zone Editor and switch the type of the subdomain to CNAME record pointing to the origin domain. Eg. for subdomain web.example.com make a CNAME to example.com. Next enable CloudFlare for this subdomain -CloudFlare status - grey cloud to orange cloud. 4

For subdomains with A records, go to Advanced DNS Zone Editor and switch the type of the subdomain to CNAME

5 Step 4: Analytics Your can see CloudFlare analytics for each site by clicking the Statistics and Settings link. Clicking See more statistics brings you to the CloudFlare login page. To sign in, use the credentials sent by CloudFlare via . 5

Clicking See more statistics brings you to the CloudFlare

6 Step 5: Additional settings and upgrades to a paid plan To access additional settings and upgrade from Free to Pro, use your cloudflare. com account. If you are interested in reselling CloudFlare, contact your CloudFlare representative to get qualified CloudFlare Inc. All rights reserved. The CloudFlare logo is a trademark of CloudFlare. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. 6

If you are interested in reselling CloudFlare, contact your CloudFlare representative to get qualified.

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