How do I Install Cloudflare in cPanel ?
Linux Hosting Control Panel will gives you CloudFlare option to configure your domain’s nameserver with cloudflare account. CloudFlare is a CDN (Content Delivery Network) with both free and paid plans. Most cPanel hosting comes with cPanel CloudFlare plugin, which helps you to quickly signup for CloudFlare and use their CDN. Using CloudFlare has many advantages like it distributes the content over the Internet making our website load faster. It protects the website from SQL injection and DDOS and encrypts the website using SSL.
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is an attack in which multiple compromised computer systems attack a target, such as a server, website or other network resource, and cause a denial of service for users of the targeted resource. The flood of incoming messages, connection requests or malformed packets to the target system forces it to slow down or even crash and shut down, thereby denying service to legitimate users or systems.
Please follow these below steps to use CloudFlare CDN,
1.Login to cPanel
2.Choose ‘CLOUDFLARE‘ option under ‘SOFTWARE’
3.In CloudFlare Interface under Sign Up / Log In, Enter your email address and click Signup Now. If you have an existing account with CloudFlare, it will ask you to login, otherwise it will sign you up.
4.Once you are logged in, you can see the status of your domain in overview section of CloudFlare interface. You will need to change your current Nameservers to those provided by CloudFlare to use it with your website. If you do not like services of CloudFlare, then you can change your domain’s Nameservers back to default.
5.Once you have updated your Nameservers, you can use CloudFlare CDN. You can also view and configure your website for CloudFlare on their website.
What cloudflare can do?
1) Reduce the load time and provide the best performance
2) Block threats and limit abusive bots
3) Prevent crawlers from wasting your bandwidth and server resources
4) Decreases the spam and other attacks.