Cloudflare www dns record and redirect setup

Nov 15, 2021 - Last update: Dec 11, 2024

Introduction

Now my digital garden is running with a custom domain I wanted to make the www subdomain point to the root domain.

How To

Nameservers

My domain is not registrered by Cloudflare but by another external hoster so I used the Cloudflare name servers. After Cloudflare took over the DNS records, I deleted the DNS records that still referred to the external hoster.

Cloudflare DNS

1. Add a new CNAME record

   • Go to DNS and Records and click Add record
   • Enter CNAME as Type
   • Enter www as the Name
   • Enter fictionbecomesfact.com as the Target
   • Leave Proxy status on Proxied and TTL on Auto

2. Click on Save

Cloudflare Page Rule

1. Add a new page rule

   • Go to Rules and Page Rules and click Create Page Rule
   • Enter your URL www.fictionbecomesfact.com/*
   • Enter these Settings:
     • Forwarding URL
     • 302 - Temporary Redirect
     • https://fictionbecomesfact.com/$1

   Note

   When in doubt about 302 - Temporary Redirect, it is likely the best thing to use 302. Although the www subdomain will always point to the root domain.

2. Click on Save and Deploy Page Rule

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