Cloudflare Thailand Guide
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What is Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a company providing CDN, DNS, DDoS protection, and security for websites. It acts as a reverse proxy between visitors and your server. The Free plan offers extensive features for regular websites at no cost.
Cloud: Cloudflare
When visitors access your site, DNS points to Cloudflare first. Cloudflare checks if content is cached — if yes, serves it from the nearest data center; if not, fetches from your origin server and caches it. DDoS attacks and bots are filtered during this process.
Cloud: Cloudflare Free Plan
Cloudflare Free Plan includes extensive features: CDN, DDoS protection, free auto-SSL, DNS management, basic analytics, Workers (100k requests/day), Pages (static site hosting), R2 storage, and Turnstile (CAPTCHA alternative).
Cloud: Cloudflare DNS
One of Cloudflare's most-used features is its DNS — the world's fastest resolver (1.1.1.1). Move your nameservers to Cloudflare and manage all DNS records through the dashboard instantly. DNS propagation is much faster than other providers.
Cloud: CDN Cache Cloudflare
Cloudflare automatically caches static files (images, CSS, JS) at edge locations near visitors, reducing origin server bandwidth and improving loading speed. Cache rules let you control what gets cached and for how long.
Cloud: Security Feature Cloudflare
Cloudflare provides various security features: automatic DDoS protection, WAF protecting against SQL injection and XSS, bot management, and rate limiting. The Free plan includes some WAF managed rules at no cost.
Performance: Cloudflare
Beyond CDN, Cloudflare offers additional performance features: automatic HTML/CSS/JS minification, Brotli compression, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, Early Hints, and Rocket Loader (async JS loading).
Setup: Cloudflare
Steps: 1. Sign up at Cloudflare.com 2. Add your site on Free plan 3. Cloudflare auto-scans DNS records 4. Change nameservers at your registrar to Cloudflare 5. Wait up to 24 hours for propagation 6. Set SSL/TLS mode to Full (Strict) 7. Enable desired features.
Cloud: Cloudflare Pro Business Plan
Free plan suits most websites. Pro ($20/mo) adds Advanced WAF, Image Optimization, Browser Insights, and 20 Page Rules. Business ($200/mo) adds Custom WAF Rules, Cache Analytics, and PCI Compliance.