setup.md

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get-started	Setup	2	title Set up apex proxying

Set up apex proxying

To set up Cloudflare for SaaS for apex proxying - as opposed to the normal setup - perform the following steps.

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Initial setup

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Step 1 - Get IP range

With apex proxying, you can either bring your own IP range or use a set of IP addresses provided by Cloudflare.

For more details on this step, reach out to your account team.

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These IP addresses are different than those associated with your Cloudflare zone.

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Step 2 - Create fallback origin

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Per-hostname setup

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Step 3 - Have customer create DNS record

To finish the custom hostname setup, your customer can set up either an A or CNAME record at their authoritative DNS provider.

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If you want your customers to be able to use CNAME records, you will need to complete the normal setup process as well.

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A record

If your customer uses an A record at their authoritative DNS provider, they need to point their hostname to the IP prefixed allocated for your account.

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Your customer's A record might look like the following:

example.com.  60  IN  A   192.0.2.1

CNAME record

If your customer uses a CNAME record at their authoritative DNS, they need to point their hostname to your CNAME target ¹.

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Your customer's CNAME record might look like the following:

mystore.com CNAME customers.saasprovider.com

Service continuation

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