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# How to Add a Custom Domain (URL) with Cloudflare

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/banner10_1mgbruh.png)

This guide will help you set up on your server a custom domain using Cloudflare.

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# 🔎 Setting Up Cloudflare 🔎

**What you need to do:** 

1. Go to your Cloudflare DNS dashboard: [https://dash.cloudflare.com/](https://dash.cloudflare.com/)

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2. Click on `Add a site`.

![Add Site](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/clouddash-red_1swj0vj.jpg)

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3. Type in your site name, then click, `Add site`.

You'll see this screen, click `Next`:

![Querying Records](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/dnsrecords_12lfdxv.png)

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4. Next, click on the free plan and `Confirm plan`.

![Select Plan](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/selectplan-red_nshxdu.jpg)

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5. Then you'll see a notice about the free plan. Click `Confirm`.

![Confirm Plan](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/freewebsite_6fffg.png)

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6. They'll ask you to double-check that your DNS records are the same as on your domain:

![DNS Query Results](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/checkresults_9uw3k0.png)

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7. Scroll down and click `Continue`:

Then you should see something like this:


![Change Your Nameservers](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/changenameservers-red_v20o9d.png)

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8. Click `I need help changing my nameservers`. They'll walk you through how to change your nameservers. When you're done, click `Continue`.

You may see something like this:

![Nameserver Information](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/change-notice-cloudfare_xfxhji.png)

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9. You'll need to wait a few minutes, then click `Re-check now`. It may take a few hours for your changes to take effect. They will send you an email when everything is set up.


![Active Status](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/active_yburvw.png)

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10. You're set up with Cloudflare, now let's get the custom domain working.

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# 🔄 Using Cloudflare For a Custom Domain 🔄

**You will have to do the following steps:**

1. Select the name you want to use.

![Select Your Website](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/domainlist-red_1y9k1uq.jpg)

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2. Then click `DNS`.

![Select DNS](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/fatdash-reddns_vx9v3l.jpg)

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3. Click on `SRV`.

![Select SRV](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/srvdns-red_luo633.png)

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4. Enter `_minecraft` as the service. Next, you should see something like this:

![SRV Record](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/srv_minecraft_1249040.png)

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5. For the `Port` box we want to use the `port` from your server, copy and paste the number to the **right** of the colon as pictured here:

![SRV Content](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/srvport-red_umsocf.jpg)

||| [Here](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/getting-started-how-to-access-and-use-your-multicraft-panel-16c29qy/) is our guide for getting access to your Multicraft panel if needed.

![Server Port](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/newportred_15ssys3.jpg)

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6. Click `Save`.

![Done!](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/srvdone_bbx5l8.png)

You're done! It may take up to an hour to work but usually only takes 5 minutes.

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| If you find any issues setting up your custom domains using Cloudflare please contact us on live chat or via the [ticket system](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-open-a-support-ticket-qjzuyd/).

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# ❕ Useful Links ❕

- [What Is a Subdomain and How to Change It](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/what-is-a-subdomain-and-how-to-change-it-1mt5pvp/)
- [How to Connect to Your Server Using FileZilla](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-connect-to-your-server-using-filezilla-yl0q5r/)
- [Implement a Custom Resource /Texture Pack In Your Server](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/implement-a-custom-resource-texture-pack-in-your-server-gx8viz/)