cloudflare-dns

Cloudflare DNS

Cloudflare DNS is one of the fastest authoritative DNS providers. It supports proxy mode (orange cloud), DNSSEC, wildcard records, and API-based management.

• Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/
• Dashboard: https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/domains
• Pulumi resources: cloudflare.Zone, cloudflare.Record

Common Record Types

Type	Use Case	Example
A	IPv4 address	example.com -> 1.2.3.4
AAAA	IPv6 address	example.com -> 2001:db8::1
CNAME	Alias	www -> example.com
MX	Mail server	example.com -> mail.example.com
TXT	Verification, SPF, DKIM	v=spf1 include:...
SRV	Service discovery	_sip._tcp.example.com

Proxy Mode (Orange Cloud)

When proxied: true, Cloudflare's CDN, WAF, and DDoS protection apply to the record. When proxied: false (grey cloud), it's DNS-only.

Pulumi IaC

import * as cloudflare from "@pulumi/cloudflare";

// Zone
const zone = new cloudflare.Zone("example", {
  accountId,
  zone: "example.com",
});

// A Record
const www = new cloudflare.Record("www", {
  zoneId: zone.id,
  name: "www",
  type: "A",
  content: "1.2.3.4",
  proxied: true,
});

// CNAME Record
const api = new cloudflare.Record("api", {
  zoneId: zone.id,
  name: "api",
  type: "CNAME",
  content: "api-server.example.com",
  proxied: true,
});

// MX Record
const mx = new cloudflare.Record("mx", {
  zoneId: zone.id,
  name: "@",
  type: "MX",
  content: "mail.example.com",
  priority: 10,
});

References

• DNS Docs
• Record Types
• Proxy Status
• Pulumi Zone
• Pulumi Record