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## Before you begin
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<Steps>
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1. Create a Cloudflare account and add your domain.
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2. Choose **Business** or **Enterprise** as your plan.
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3. If you are onboarding a new domain to Cloudflare, ignore the instructions to change your nameservers.
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4. (Recommended) Plan for SSL/TLS certificates:
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### (Optional) Plan for SSL/TLS certificates
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If you are only using [Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) prior to converting your zone, a certificate will be provisioned for your subdomains only after each of the respective DNS records ([step 3](#3-add-dns-records) below) are [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/). Refer to [Enable Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/#partial-dns-setup) for details.
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If you are only using [Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) prior to converting your zone, a certificate will be provisioned for your subdomains only after each of the respective DNS records are [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/). Refer to [Enable universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/#partial-dns-setup) for details.
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If your domain is sensitive to downtime, instead of using Universal SSL, consider using an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) with [delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/#setup).
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</Steps>
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If your domain is sensitive to downtime, instead of using Universal SSL, consider using an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) with [delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/#setup).
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## 1. Convert your zone and review DNS records
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## Add your domain to Cloudflare
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1. On the **Overview** page, select **Convert to CNAME DNS Setup**.
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2. Select **Convert** to confirm.
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3. Save the information from the **Verification TXT Record**. If you lose the information, you can also access it by going to **DNS** > **Records** > **Verification TXT Record**.
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4. Make sure that you have all the DNS records for subdomains that you want to proxy through Cloudflare.
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</Steps>
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4. On the **Overview** page, select **Convert to CNAME DNS Setup**.
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5. Select **Convert** to confirm.
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6. Save the information from the **Verification TXT Record**. If you lose the information, you can also access it by going to **DNS** > **Records** > **Verification TXT Record**.
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## 2. Verify ownership for your domain
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## Verify ownership for your domain
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Once you [add your domain to Cloudflare](#add-your-domain-to-cloudflare), add the **Verification TXT Record** at your authoritative DNS provider. Cloudflare will verify the TXT record and send a confirmation email. This can take up to a few hours.
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Add the **Verification TXT Record** at your authoritative DNS provider. Cloudflare will verify the TXT record and send a confirmation email. This can take up to a few hours.
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<Detailsheader="Example verification record">
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A verification record for `example.com` might be:
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That record must remain in place for as long as your domain is active on the partial setup on Cloudflare.
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## Add DNS records
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## 3. Add DNS records
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1. In Cloudflare, [add an `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).
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2. At your authoritative DNS provider:
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1. Remove any existing `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` records on the hostname you want to proxy to Cloudflare.
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2. Add a `CNAME` record for `{your-hostname}.cdn.cloudflare.net`.
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<Steps>
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1. At your authoritative DNS provider:
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1. Create `CNAME` records pointing to `{your-hostname}.cdn.cloudflare.net` for every hostname you wish to proxy through Cloudflare.
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<details>
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<summary>
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Example CNAME record at authoritative DNS provider
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</summary>
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<Detailsheader="Example CNAME record at authoritative DNS provider">
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The `CNAME` record for `www.example.com` would be:
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The `CNAME` record for `www.example.com` would be:
2. Remove any previously existing `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` records referencing the hostnames you want to proxy through Cloudflare. For these hostnames, leave only the records pointing to `{your-hostname}.cdn.cloudflare.net`.
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3. Repeat this process for each subdomain proxied to Cloudflare.
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2. Repeat this process for each subdomain that should be proxied to Cloudflare.
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