howto: all - cloudflare settings        rev 7 jun 2021

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the settings: 
  - in order of tabs as of 24 feb 2019.
  - I keep screenshots locally of each tab in Domain/Configs/cloudflare
      for each website.
  - 'x' means the setting is pro|business|n/a.
  - am not explaining all the settings; mostly the ones
      that might be problematical.


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1. Overview


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2. Analytics


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3. DNS

  
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  adding dns records: 
  When you first add a domain to Cloudflare, a scan of common DNS
  records is performed in a attempt to automatically add all of
  the domain's DNS records to the Cloudflare DNS app.
  (Lately - 2019 - it hasn't been doing this - or a2hosting is blocking?)

   * A and CNAME records that handle web traffic (HTTP and HTTPs)
     can be proxied to Cloudflare. All other DNS records should be
     toggled to a gray cloud.
   * Which record types does Cloudflare not proxy?        [as of 17 sep 2019]
         LOC, MX, NS, SPF, TXT, SRV, CAA 


  
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  SPF / DKIM records:

    These are standard TXT records in DNS that verify your domain,
      so that email from your domain won't end up in recipient's spam box.

	
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    Managing with cPanel and Cloudflare:

      The recommended SPF and DKIM records are shown in cPanel
          Email→ Email deliverability
      It shows the name and value for each. You add them both as 
      TXT records in Cloudflare dns for the website.
  
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  resources:
    - Managing DNS records in Cloudflare
         https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019093151

    - Cloudflare DNS FAQ
        https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017421192-Cloudflare-DNS-FAQ#CloudflareDNSFAQ-WhycantImakeANYqueriestoCloudflareDNSservers

    - Learning about DNS
          https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/


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4. Crypto


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5. Firewall


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6. Access


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7. Speed
   - Auto Minify - Off for HTML and CSS, On for JavaScript
       Turning auto-minify off as of feb 2019.
       Realising how annoyed i am when i view source and see it minified!
       Our sites and traffic are small enough that we can give this to our users.
   - Polish - x
   - Railgun - x
   - Brotli - On
   - Mirage - x
   - Rocket Loader - On
        as of 24 feb 2019
        if website "uses fancy animations or is very Ajax dependent, 
            CloudFlare will likely break many aspects"
        very good explanation at https://www.sertmedia.com/cloudflares-rocket-loader/
        To disable Rocket Loader for a specific script:
           <script data-cfasync="false" ...
   - Mobile Redirect - Off
   - Prefetching URLs - x




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