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title: How to Add a Domain to Cloudflare
description: Cloudflare is among the best DNS management platform out there. It brings a load of features anyone could benefit from, and better, some features are completely free of charge eg proxy, cache and CDN. Connecting your domain to Cloudflare is…
url: "https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-add-a-domain-to-cloudflare/"
updated: "2024-06-21"
category: Cloudflare
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# How to Add a Domain to Cloudflare

Cloudflare is among the best DNS management platform out there. It brings a load of features anyone could benefit from, and better, some features are completely free of charge eg proxy, cache and CDN.

Connecting your domain to Cloudflare is also not difficult. This guide will show us how to

1.[Login](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) to Cloudflare or [Sign Up](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up) if you do not have an account

2.Click **Add a Website**

3.Type in your website and click **Add site**

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screenshot-2022-10-05-at-15-08-34-Accelerate-and-protect-your-site-with-Cloudflare-Linuxnimbus@gmail.coms-Account-Cloudflare-1024x262.png)

3.Select **Free Plan** and click **Continue**

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screenshot-2022-10-05-at-15-10-27-Select-a-plan-rawle-engineering.xyz-Linuxnimbus@gmail.coms-Account-Cloudflare-1024x647.png)

4.Cloudflare will now **Scan** for your DNS record. If your domain had DNS records, these will be copied to Cloudflare.

5.Once the scanning finishes, a list of your current DNS records will be displayed there. Click**Continue**

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screenshot-2022-10-05-at-15-13-17-Review-your-DNS-records-rawle-engineering.xyz-Linuxnimbus@gmail.coms-Account-Cloudflare-1024x764.png)

6.Cloudflare will give you two **nameservers** which you are supposed to change at your domain registrar. If you registered your domain with Truehost, please use[this guide to update your nameservers](https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-update-name-servers-for-your-domain-from-truehost-client-area/).

Once updated, click **Done**, **check nameservers**

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screenshot-2022-10-05-at-15-16-00-Change-your-nameservers-rawle-engineering.xyz-Linuxnimbus@gmail.coms-Account-Cloudflare-1024x791.png)

7.On the next page, click**Finish Later**

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screenshot-2022-10-05-at-15-21-59-Quick-Start-Guide-rawle-engineering.xyz-Linuxnimbus@gmail.coms-Account-Cloudflare-1024x368.png)

Thats it! You now need to allow some hours for your domain to propagate and start using Cloudflare. Cloudflare will send you an email as soon as this happens.

You can then start enjoying the benefits of Cloudflare. The Cloudflare dashboard provides more features which you can check. However, a good number of features are made available without needing any set up.