Cloudflare Proxying

What Proxying Means For Hosted Websites

Think of Cloudflare as a smart front door for a website. Visitors reach Cloudflare first, then Cloudflare passes the right traffic on to the KitCloud hosting platform where the website lives.

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Plain English

What Is Proxying?

Proxying simply means putting a helpful layer between website visitors and the server that stores the website. Your domain still works normally, but Cloudflare helps handle the first part of each visit.

Visitor Types Your Website

Someone enters your domain name, such as yourbusiness.co.uk, and asks their browser to load your website.

Cloudflare Answers First

If the website is set up to use Cloudflare proxying, Cloudflare becomes the first service the visitor reaches.

KitCloud Hosts The Website

The website itself still lives on KitCloud hosting. Cloudflare helps with the journey before the visitor reaches it.

How It Works

How Cloudflare Proxying Works

Every website has DNS records. DNS is basically the internet's address book: it tells browsers where to go when someone types in a website address.

When the website record is set to use Cloudflare's proxy, visitors are sent to Cloudflare first instead of straight to the hosting server. Cloudflare can then pass the request on to KitCloud.

For a KitCloud customer, the simple version is this: your website stays hosted with us, while Cloudflare can sit in front of it to help with performance, security and traffic handling.

Why It Matters

It gives the website an extra front layer before visitors reach the hosting server. That can help with speed, security and handling busy or unwanted traffic.

Addressfinds the website

Front DoorCloudflare receives visits

HostingKitCloud runs the site

Benefits

What Cloudflare Can Help With

Cloudflare does not replace good hosting or good website maintenance, but it can add a helpful layer in front of a website.

Hide The Server From Normal Visits

Visitors connect to Cloudflare first, rather than connecting directly to the KitCloud server that stores the website.

Help With Attack Traffic

Cloudflare is designed to spot and reduce large amounts of harmful traffic before it reaches the hosting server.

Speed Up Common Files

Cloudflare can keep copies of suitable files, such as images and scripts, closer to visitors so some parts of a website can load faster.

Support Secure HTTPS Visits

Cloudflare can help handle the secure HTTPS connection that visitors expect to see in their browser.

Important Limits

What Proxying Does Not Mean

Proxying is useful, but it is not a magic fix for everything. The website still needs proper hosting, updates and sensible security.

Not Every Website Setting

Only certain website records can be proxied. Some domain settings need to stay as normal DNS records.

Not Email Proxying

Email has its own settings and works differently from website traffic. Cloudflare proxying is mainly about web visits.

Still Needs Good Hosting

The website still needs reliable hosting, secure software, updates, backups and sensible configuration.

Cloudflare References

This simple guide is based on Cloudflare's own public documentation and learning material. Useful source pages include:

Cloudflare features, limits and behaviour can change over time. KitCloud will configure services according to the service being provided and what the hosted website actually needs.

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