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How to disable Cloudflare proxying when you can't access the dashboard

4 days ago
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  • #CloudFlare
  • #API
  • #DNS
  • CloudFlare outage caused website downtime for many users.
  • Unable to change DNS settings via CloudFlare dashboard due to the outage.
  • Solution involves using CloudFlare API to manage DNS records during outages.
  • Steps to prepare: Obtain an API token from CloudFlare dashboard.
  • Use API to list zone IDs and DNS records for your site.
  • Update DNS records via API to disable CloudFlare proxying.
  • Re-enable proxying once CloudFlare is back online.
  • Assumes site has its own SSL certificate and doesn't rely on CloudFlare SSL.
  • Disabling proxying removes CloudFlare's protection features.
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