Cloudflare CNAME Flattening Strategy - Better Care Plan Client DNS Management

Managing DNS can be a massive headache because of the variety of domain registrars we’ll encounter as we acquire more and more care plan clients.
In this video, I’m going to show you what is undoubtedly the best way to manage DNS for all your care plan clients, as well as your own projects.
The key benefits we’ll cover are:
--Single pane of glass
--Performance gains
--And best of all, CNAME flattening
Make sure you stick around for the #3 because that’s really where the magic is when managing client websites.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:34 - Single Dashboard
2:15 - Performance Gains
4:21 - CNAME Flattening
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[@upstatenyrider8413]

Thanks a bunch for this video - you've presented, like you always do, a great way to make things more efficient. And, finally, I understand what CName Flattening really means!!!

[@Permaslug]

Fantastic! Glad to hear that

[@jessica2123]

Really helpful explanations, thanks Jonathan!

[@Permaslug]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Skratchable]

+1 Cloudflare! It's always nice to be able to share a domain too, so you don't need to log into THEIR cloudflare account, e.g. if the client needs to have DNS managed internally (for internal email management)

[@Permaslug]

Definitely! I've got a client with crazy DNS needs so that'll be great

[@ReshamPanth]

Woah that Cname Flattering could be really useful! I often delete old servers and create new ones and have to annually change the IP for all the A records pointing to it.. This will save me all that hassle

[@Permaslug]

There you go! Exactly why I made this video

[@AmandaLucaseu]

Wow, that CName flattening will be put to use, thanks Jonathan

[@strato-qx5ul]

Smart!

[@EmpyreanNJ]

We do IT support and just yesterday a web designer/developer messed up ALL of our client's DNS. The website only has ONE DNS record where there are MANY other's for other aspects of the company. If you are going to mange ALL of their DNS -- you better understand TXT, SPF, KIM, DMARC, A-records, etc. As a policy, we do NOT let web designers manage DNS because, literally, 100% of the time they take over DNS and email breaks.

[@PswACC]

Does this mean that you have ownership of the domain names and therefore you can use CName flattening since all domains are under one account?

[@smartyoutube9238]

Thx, but what to do if the domain registrar does not allow a cname for a root domain? This happens frequently... I think godaddy does not allow this at all

[@Permaslug]

You can transfer nameservers to Cloudflare for free and take advantage of it

[@badcatdesign]

It’s always been you Cloudflare ❤

[@Permaslug]

/cheer

[@michelts]

Unfortunately, CNAME Flattening doesn't work across different Cloudflare accounts. However, it is indeed a great solution for managing domains and reducing risks.

[@Permaslug]

Good to know!

[@dhetherington]

Its fine doing this on the free plan isnt it?

[@Permaslug]

Absolutely

[@dhetherington]

@@Permaslug why have I not learned about this before it is so useful if need to migrate websites to a new server using a snapshot. Trying to work out if any issues with it. I did try entering the subdomain in the browser to see what it displayed