{"id":1741,"date":"2020-06-08T01:41:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T17:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=1741"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:59:05","slug":"what-is-cloudflare-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/what-is-cloudflare-dashboard","title":{"rendered":"What is Cloudflare Dashboard ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Cloudflare Dashboard<\/h3>\n<p>The Cloudflare Dashboard manages account and domain settings. Key dashboard features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Control Cloudflare features,<\/li>\n<li>Gain insights into domain security and caching analytics<\/li>\n<li>Share account access\u00a0to additional users, and<\/li>\n<li>Configure settings from any device via our flexible dashboard design.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All Cloudflare plans allow sharing account access with additional users. Additionally, Enterprise plans allow Administrators to create Multi-User accounts. It is allow each of the user to edit only those Cloudflare settings applicable to their role.<\/p>\n<p>The Cloudflare dashboard requires a web browser that supports\u00a0TLS 1.2\u00a0or newer. The Cloudflare dashboard isn\u2019t supported on pre IE 10 browser versions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h2 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\">Summary of Cloudflare dashboard apps<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cloudflare<\/a> dashboard contains several apps focused on optimizing security, improving performance, enhancing site reliability, and providing data insights. The information below summarizes the utility of each dashboard app:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>Provides the following functionalities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Summarizes site analytics<\/li>\n<li>Displays notifications<\/li>\n<li>Links to common quick actions<\/li>\n<li>Summarizes plan extensions and add-on features<\/li>\n<li>Provides API authentication details, including\u00a0<strong>Zone ID<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Account ID<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Allows changing domain plans<\/li>\n<li>Allows removing a site from Cloudflare<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Analytics<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>Monitor statistics and trends on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visitor traffic<\/li>\n<li>DNS request handling<\/li>\n<li>Threat detection<\/li>\n<li>Performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>DNS<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Manage a domain\u2019s DNS records<\/li>\n<li>Select which A\u00a0or CNAME\u00a0records to proxy\u00a0to Cloudflare<\/li>\n<li>Find the Cloudflare nameservers assigned to your domain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Spectrum<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Protect all TCP\/UDP ports\u00a0from layer 3 and 4\u00a0Denial-of-Service attacks<\/li>\n<li>Stop traffic snooping by enabling TLS encryption for TCP services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Crypto<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Manage\u00a0Cloudflare\u2019s SSL certific ate products<\/li>\n<li>Adjust\u00a0browser supportability\u00a0by modifying TLS and encryption settings<\/li>\n<li>Redirect all HTTP requests to secure HTTPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Firewall<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Block or allow traffic\u00a0based on IP address, IP range, country, or user agent<\/li>\n<li>Set rate limits\u00a0and restrict specific URL access to specific IPs<\/li>\n<li>Adjust\u00a0OWASP\u00a0and\u00a0WAF Rule\u00a0settings<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate visitor\u2019s HTTP headers for threats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Access<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Eliminate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/\">VPNs<\/a> without requiring changes at your origin<\/li>\n<li>Protect internal resources by requiring authentication<\/li>\n<li>Control which users and groups have access to sensitive resources<\/li>\n<li>Review access logs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Speed<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve load time on mobile devices\u00a0that use slow networks<\/li>\n<li>Compress images to accelerate page load<\/li>\n<li>Accelerate site speed by\u00a0minifying the size of your origin source code<\/li>\n<li>Defer loading JavaScript until after your site is render<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Caching<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Adjust caching level<\/li>\n<li>Purge cached files\u00a0from all Cloudflare data centers<\/li>\n<li>Tell Cloudflare what to cache\u00a0and\u00a0set browser cache expiration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Workers<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Run JavaScript applications in a serverless execution environment<\/li>\n<li>Scale applications without spending effort on infrastructure or operations<\/li>\n<li>Build granular control into requests and responses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Page<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Rules<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides granular control\u00a0for many Cloudflare settings based on a matching URL<\/li>\n<li>Cache static HTML<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/\"><strong>Network<\/strong><\/a>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Toggle features that enhance network performance such as HTTP\/2 and QUIC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Traffic<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce latency and connection errors<\/li>\n<li>Protect origin web servers from IP address exposure\u00a0and attack<\/li>\n<li>Balance traffic\u00a0and prevent disruptions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Stream<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Encode, store, and deliver your videos<\/li>\n<li>Automatically optimize format and bitrate for every device and network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>Custom<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Pages<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Create custom error pages\u00a0for IP blocks, WAF blocks, HTTP 5XX errors, Cloudflare HTTP 1XXX errors, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>A<\/strong><strong>pps<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Preview and install a wide range of apps that enhance your site\u2019s security, performance, analytics, design, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h6 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\"><strong>ScrapeShield<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Protect sensitive information\u00a0from spammers and bots<\/li>\n<li>Obfuscate email addresses\u00a0to prevent bot scrapping<\/li>\n<li>Prevent image hotlink abuse\u00a0from unapproved sites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloudflare Dashboard The Cloudflare Dashboard manages account and domain settings. Key dashboard features include: Control Cloudflare features, Gain insights into domain security and caching analytics Share account access\u00a0to additional users, and Configure settings from any device via our flexible dashboard design. All Cloudflare plans allow sharing account access with additional users. 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