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Update On: 23 Jul 2021CloudFlare Plugin install on cpanel

Cloudflare is an administration and security service. With 14 points of presence around the world, a website on Cloudflare typically loads double as quickly, uses 65% less server support, saves 60% of bandwidth, and has an extra layer of protection. Hosting Providers get decreased server load, bandwidth savings, reduction of DDoS attacks, and an IPv4/v6 gateway.
The Cloudflare cPanel plugin makes it easy to mix into your hosting control panel. It gets less than 5 minutes to install on a test server and then the setting is possible to your end clients with two clicks.
Before proceed to fix the Cloudflare plugin, you should get HOST KEY from Cloudflare associates
https://www.cloudflare.com/certified-partners

Installation

Install Cloudflare Cpanel plugin Using an SSH customer such as Terminal or Putty:
Step 1. Access cPanel for the server working root user by:

ssh root@SERVER IP ADDRESS or SERVER NAME

Step 2.

cd /usr/local/cpanel

Step 3.

curl -k -L https://github.com/cloudflare/CloudFlare-CPanel/tarball/master > cloudflare.tar.gz

Step 4.

tar -zxvf cloudflare.tar.gz

This extracts a directory that includes a UNIQUE ID. For example, the directory will be in this format:
cloudflare-CloudFlare-CPanel-d03f3b8
The UNIQUE ID is only: d03f3b8
The UNIQUE ID is not cloudflare-CloudFlare-CPanel-d03f3b8

Step 5.

cd cloudflare-CloudFlare-CPanel-UNIQUE ID/cloudflare/

Step 6.

./install_cf API HOST KEY mod_cf “YOUR COMPANY NAME”

example for Awesome Hosting Company: ./install_cf 56yt8x9s987dfy4324bnv mod_cf “Awesome Hosting”

Step 7. This will begin the connection. cPanel is placed first, supported by mod_cloudflare. Depending on your server, it will take 15 seconds and 4 minutes. You know it will be done when you see:
Cloudflare module installed fortunately
Step 8. Cloudflare is now happily added to this server. You require to duplicate the process for each extra server (unless you have an automated update script).

Best SysAdmin practices

Now that CloudFlare is installed, you can remove some of the unnecessary remnant files:

Step 9.

cd ../ ../

This takes you back two levels.

Step 10.

rm -rf cloudflare-CloudFlare-CPanel-UNIQUE ID*

To check if it is installed:

cat /etc/cloudflare.jsonorcat /usr/local/cpanel/etc/cloudflare.json

You should see an output with the following:

root@server1 [/usr/local/cpanel]# cat etc/cloudflare.json{ “host_key”:”32yt5a7b436tuy8974tre -”, (For security purposes, this will not be your host key.) “host_formal_name”:”Awesome Hosting”, “host_name”:”api.cloudflare.com”, “host_uri”:”/host-­gw.html”, “user_name”:”www.cloudflare.com”, “user_uri”:”/api_json.html”, “host_port”:”443”, “host_prefix”:”cloudflare-­resolve-­to”, “cp_version”:”1.3.0”}

Uninstall:

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/unregister_cpanelplugin /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/cloudflare.cpanelplugin

Test Websites

To assure that Cloudflare was correctly placed, allow Cloudflare for three test websites from your control panel.
To verify if a website is on Cloudflare, use Terminal. Open Terminal, and enter the next dig right.
dig www.mydomain.com
Output without CloudFlare-enabled:
www.mydomain.com 10782 IN CNAME www.mydomain.com
Output with Cloudflare-enabled:
www.mydomain.com 10782 IN CNAME
www.mydomain.com.cdn.cloudflare.net.
If you see ‘.cdn.Cloudflare.net’ at the end, then Cloudflare is enabled.