Introducing Cf-Terraforming
February 15, 2019 8:02 PM
Ever since we implemented support for configuring Cloudflare via Terraform, we’ve been steadily expanding the set of features and services you can manage via this popular open-source tool. ...
io_submit: The epoll alternative you've never heard about
January 04, 2019 11:02 AM
The Linux AIO is designed for, well, Asynchronous disk IO! Disk files are not the same thing as network sockets! Is it even possible to use the Linux AIO API with network sockets in the first place? The answer turns out to be a strong YES! ...
Cache API for Cloudflare Workers is now in Beta!
September 14, 2018 2:26 PM
In October of last year we announced the launch of Cloudflare Workers. Workers allow you to run JavaScript from 150+ of Cloudflare’s data centers. This means that from the moment a request hits the Cloudflare network, you have full control over its destiny. ...
How To Minikube + Cloudflare
July 08, 2018 1:00 PM
A step-by-step guide for how to run production Minikube deployments using the Cloudflare Ingress Controller....
Delivering a Serverless API in 10 minutes using Workers
June 28, 2018 5:40 PM
In preparation for Chrome’s Not Secure flag, which will update the indicator to show Not Secure when a site is not accessed over https, we wanted people to be able to test whether their site would pass. ...
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May 04, 2018 4:20 PM
Dogfooding Cloudflare Workers
We deployed a Cloudflare worker in front of www.cloudflare.com and api.cloudflare.com, that has since served over <X> million requests. Here's what we learned about debugging and "failing open" when writing workers....
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March 12, 2018 4:00 PM
Deprecating TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on api.cloudflare.com
On June 4, Cloudflare will be dropping support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on api.cloudflare.com. Additionally, the dashboard will be moved from www.cloudflare.com/a to dash.cloudflare.com and will require a browser that supports TLS 1.2 or higher....
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March 06, 2018 1:00 PM
HTTP Analytics for 6M requests per second using ClickHouse
One of our large scale data infrastructure challenges here at Cloudflare is around providing HTTP traffic analytics to our customers. HTTP Analytics is available to all our customers via two options:...
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February 16, 2018 10:30 PM
Keeping our users safe
To everyone in Cloudflare, account security is one of our most important tasks. We recognize that to every customer on our platform, we are critical infrastructure. We also know that the simplest attacks often lead to the most devastating of outcomes. ...
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October 06, 2017 2:00 PM
A Fast, Secure Migration to Google Cloud Platform using Cloudflare
OnAir Video Presentation Abstract Looking to host your website, application, or API in the cloud, or migrate to a new cloud provider while keeping your data secure? In this webinar, Trey Guinn, Head of Solutions Engineering at Cloudflare, will discuss how companies should a...
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October 03, 2017 10:00 AM
WHOIS going to be at the Grace Hopper Celebration?
Ubuntu us are doing the round trip! It’s time to live - WAN you arrive at GHC, come meet us and say HELO (we love GNU faces, we’ll be very api to meet you). When you’re exhausted like IPv4, git over to the Cloudflare corner to reboot....
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September 23, 2017 12:01 AM
A New API Binding: cloudflare-php
Back in May last year, one of my colleagues blogged about the introduction of our Python binding for the Cloudflare API and drew reference to our other bindings in Go and Node. Today we are complimenting this range by introducing a new official binding, this time in PHP....
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July 21, 2017 8:01 AM
How to use Cloudflare for Service Discovery
Cloudflare runs 3,588 containers, making up 1,264 apps and services that all need to be able to find and discover each other in order to communicate -- a problem solved with service discovery....
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July 12, 2017 8:24 PM
Getting started with Cloudflare Apps
We recently launched our new Cloudflare Apps platform, and love to see the community it is building. In an effort to help people who run web services such as websites, APIs and more, we would like to help make your web services faster, safer and more reliable....
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July 03, 2017 4:21 PM
A container identity bootstrapping tool
Everybody has secrets. Software developers have many. Often these secrets—API tokens, TLS private keys, database passwords, SSH keys, and other sensitive data—are needed to make a service run properly and interact securely with other services. ...
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May 02, 2017 1:00 PM
IoT Security Anti-Patterns
From security cameras to traffic lights, an increasing amount of appliances we interact with on a daily basis are internet connected. A device can be considered IoT-enabled when the functionality offered by its Embedded System is exposed through an internet connected API....
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May 01, 2017 3:58 PM
Introducing TLS with Client Authentication
In a traditional TLS handshake, the client authenticates the server, and the server doesn’t know too much about the client. However, starting now, Cloudflare is offering enterprise customers TLS with client authentication. ...
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January 10, 2017 1:52 PM
Token Authentication for Cached Private Content and APIs
While working to make the Internet a better place, we also want to make it easier for our customers to have control of their content and APIs, and who has access to them. Using Cloudflare’s Token Authentication features, customers can implement access control via URL tokens or HT...
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December 14, 2016 2:25 PM
Manage Cloudflare records with Salt
We use Salt to manage our ever growing global fleet of machines. Salt is great for managing configurations and being the source of truth. We use it for remote command execution and for network automation tasks....
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