Skip to content

[3rd Party]Update using-cloudflare-with-various-forums-vbulletin-xenf… #21984

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
merged 2 commits into from
Apr 25, 2025
Merged

[3rd Party]Update using-cloudflare-with-various-forums-vbulletin-xenf… #21984

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
2 commits
Select commit Hold shift + click to select a range
97a3215
[3rd Party]Update using-cloudflare-with-various-forums-vbulletin-xenf…
nenizera Apr 25, 2025
03c2da4
Update using-cloudflare-with-various-forums-vbulletin-xenforo-mybb.mdx
ngayerie Apr 25, 2025
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
8 changes: 3 additions & 5 deletions .../forum-software/using-cloudflare-with-various-forums-vbulletin-xenforo-mybb.mdx
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -24,10 +24,8 @@ If you have a forum using these platforms, you can increase its speed and safety

**1**. Cloudflare acts as a reverse proxy, meaning that all visitor IP addresses will become Cloudflare-affiliated IP addresses. If you are using services like **Stopforumspan** or blocking registration by IP address, you need to [restore original visitor IPs](/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/).

**2**. To prevent admin functions from being affected by caching or performance features, create a [Page Rule](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/218411427) to exclude the admin section of your site.
**2**. To prevent admin functions from being affected by caching or performance features, create a [Cache Rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#bypass-cache) to bypass cache on the admin section of your site.

**3**. If you want certain services to access your website (APIs or certain IPs), [configure IP access rules](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/217074967).
**3**. If you want certain services to access your website (APIs or certain IPs), [configure the WAF](/waf/).

**4**. Review your DNS records to make sure all your subdomain records are present. If you cannot find a subdomain, [add the DNS record](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/360019093151).

**5**. Review your Cloudflare [performance](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/categories/200275238) and [security settings](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/categories/200275228-Firewall).
**4**. Review your DNS records to make sure all your subdomain records are present. If you cannot find a subdomain, [add the DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).