{"id":18271,"date":"2026-09-26T09:26:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T06:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/knowledgebase\/activate-cloudflare-from-cpanel\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T19:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T16:00:31","password":"","slug":"activate-cloudflare-from-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/activate-cloudflare-from-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Sign Up and Activate Cloudflare from cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hy-tldr\" style=\"background:#f6f7fb;border-left:4px solid #d83954;border-radius:10px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 20px;line-height:1.8\"><strong>In short:<\/strong> Open <strong>cPanel \u2192 Software \u2192 Cloudflare<\/strong>, click <strong>Create your free account<\/strong> (or sign in), enter your domain and click <strong>Scan DNS records<\/strong>, keep the default settings, choose the <strong>Free<\/strong> plan and continue. Cloudflare then shows the nameservers to use for your domain.<\/div>\n<h2>Steps to activate Cloudflare<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to cPanel.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Software<\/strong> section, click <strong>Cloudflare<\/strong>.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Sign Up and Activate Cloudflare from cPanel - screenshot 1\" src=\"https:\/\/hyyathost.com\/images\/2017\/08\/08\/Screenshot-8_8_201712_08_49PM.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Create your free account<\/strong>. If you already have one, click <strong>Sign in here<\/strong> and log in with your email and password.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Sign Up and Activate Cloudflare from cPanel - screenshot 2\" src=\"https:\/\/hyyathost.com\/images\/2017\/08\/08\/Screenshot-8_8_201712_19_08PM.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Enter the email and password you want to register with, accept the terms and click <strong>Create account<\/strong>.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Sign Up and Activate Cloudflare from cPanel - screenshot 3\" src=\"https:\/\/hyyathost.com\/images\/2017\/08\/08\/Screenshot-8_8_201712_31_43PMe3112.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Enter your domain name and click <strong>Scan DNS records<\/strong>.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Sign Up and Activate Cloudflare from cPanel - screenshot 4\" src=\"https:\/\/hyyathost.com\/images\/2017\/08\/08\/Screenshot-8_8_201712_43_46PM.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wait for the scan to finish, then click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Sign Up and Activate Cloudflare from cPanel - screenshot 5\" src=\"https:\/\/hyyathost.com\/images\/2017\/08\/08\/Screenshot-8_8_201712_46_56PM.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Review the DNS records; keep the defaults and click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Sign Up and Activate Cloudflare from cPanel - screenshot 6\" src=\"https:\/\/hyyathost.com\/images\/2017\/08\/08\/Screenshot-8_8_201712_52_26PM.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Choose your plan. In this guide we choose <strong>Free<\/strong>, then click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Sign Up and Activate Cloudflare from cPanel - screenshot 7\" src=\"https:\/\/hyyathost.com\/images\/2017\/08\/08\/Screenshot-8_8_20171_01_53PM.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cloudflare shows the DNS\/nameserver details for your domain. Click <strong>Continue<\/strong> to finish.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Sign Up and Activate Cloudflare from cPanel - screenshot 8\" src=\"https:\/\/hyyathost.com\/images\/2017\/08\/08\/Screenshot-8_8_20171_06_37PM.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Cloudflare is now activated for your website. If Cloudflare asks you to change your nameservers, update them at your registrar (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/change-domain-nameservers\/\">how to change your domain nameservers<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> you can also add your site directly at <a href=\"https:\/\/dash.cloudflare.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dash.cloudflare.com<\/a> with <strong>Add a site<\/strong>; the steps are the same.<\/p>\n<h2>Related tutorials<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/what-is-cloudflare\/\">What is Cloudflare?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-to-pause-or-remove-cloudflare\/\">How to pause or remove Cloudflare<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Related service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/shared-hosting-2\/\">shared hosting plans<\/a> from Hyyat Host, with support that replies within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hy-relkb\" style=\"background:#f6f7fb;border-left:4px solid #1dca94;border-radius:10px;padding:14px 18px;margin:28px 0 10px;line-height:1.8\"><strong>Related guides<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:8px 0 6px;padding-left:20px\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/knowledgebase\/%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%87%d9%88-cloudflare-%d9%83%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%88%d8%af-%d9%81%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%9f\/\">What Is Cloudflare? 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