{"id":2866,"date":"2019-10-23T15:31:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T07:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=2866"},"modified":"2022-10-05T08:01:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T00:01:06","slug":"what-subdomains-are-appropriate-for-orange-gray-clouds","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/what-subdomains-are-appropriate-for-orange-gray-clouds","title":{"rendered":"What subdomains are appropriate for orange \/ gray clouds?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2866\" class=\"elementor elementor-2866\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa0cc51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa0cc51\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f36ca2e\" data-id=\"2f36ca2e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-910319b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"910319b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Subdomains are Appropriate for Orange\/Gray Clouds?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b1527a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b1527a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a class=\"image-enlarge-link\" href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14047647739\/original\/L1lQZDLGK2N86t4BRlQtGgK_gyFfRU5FZQ.png?1557889423\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14047647739\/original\/L1lQZDLGK2N86t4BRlQtGgK_gyFfRU5FZQ.png?1557889423\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"25\" data-filelink=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14047647739\/original\/L1lQZDLGK2N86t4BRlQtGgK_gyFfRU5FZQ.png?1557889423\" data-fileid=\"14047647739\" data-uniquekey=\"1557889419431\" \/><\/a>\u00a0An\u00a0<strong>orange cloud\u00a0<\/strong>means your web<strong>\u00a0traffic is running through Cloudflare<\/strong> making your site faster, safer and smarter.\u00a0<\/p><p><a class=\"image-enlarge-link\" href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14047647740\/original\/ukon44qiECt_uEmEdKvV1dOIFiXpwvE4Qg.png?1557889423\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14047647740\/original\/ukon44qiECt_uEmEdKvV1dOIFiXpwvE4Qg.png?1557889423\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"39\" data-filelink=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14047647740\/original\/ukon44qiECt_uEmEdKvV1dOIFiXpwvE4Qg.png?1557889423\" data-fileid=\"14047647740\" data-uniquekey=\"1557889419431\" \/><\/a>\u00a0A\u00a0<strong>gray cloud\u00a0<\/strong>means your web<strong>\u00a0traffic is not running through\u00a0Cloudflare<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Only A and CNAME over web traffic ports (such as 80 and 443) records have the option to be powered by Cloudflare, meaning that\u00a0<strong>only A, AAAA, and CNAME records have the option of an orange cloud<\/strong>.<\/p><p>However,\u00a0<strong>not all A, AAAA, and CNAME records are appropriate to pass through Cloudflare<\/strong>. Cloudflare makes suggestions for which records should be orange, but you can easily change this by clicking on the cloud. To decide which records pass through the Cloudflare network, you need to understand what type of content appears on that subdomain. You should\u00a0<strong>enable Cloudflare for any subdomain that gets web traffic<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>You should not enable Cloudflare for subdomains that handle non-web traffic<\/strong>, such as mail, ftp, and ssh. These types of records should be marked by a gray cloud. To view these options for Cloudflare protection, please go to Your Websites -&gt; Settings -&gt; DNS Settings. A list of common gray records follow below:<\/p><ul><li>autodiscover<\/li><li>calendar<\/li><li>chat<\/li><li>cPanel<\/li><li>cvs<\/li><li>e<\/li><li>email<\/li><li>exchange<\/li><li>ftp<\/li><li>game<\/li><li>gameserver<\/li><li>git<\/li><li>google<\/li><li>imap<\/li><li>irc<\/li><li>local<\/li><li>localhost<\/li><li>mail<\/li><li>mobilemail<\/li><li>mx<\/li><li>panel<\/li><li>pda<\/li><li>pop<\/li><li>repo<\/li><li>secure<\/li><li>sftp<\/li><li>sites<\/li><li>smtp<\/li><li>ssh<\/li><li>ssl<\/li><li>stream<\/li><li>streaming<\/li><li>svn<\/li><li>vid<\/li><li>video<\/li><li>vids<\/li><li>vpn<\/li><li>webmail<\/li><li>webstats<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Subdomains are Appropriate for Orange\/Gray Clouds? \u00a0An\u00a0orange cloud\u00a0means your web\u00a0traffic is running through Cloudflare making your site faster, safer and smarter.\u00a0 \u00a0A\u00a0gray cloud\u00a0means your web\u00a0traffic is not running through\u00a0Cloudflare. Only A and CNAME over web traffic ports (such as 80 and 443) records have the option to be powered by Cloudflare, meaning that\u00a0only A, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/what-subdomains-are-appropriate-for-orange-gray-clouds\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What subdomains are appropriate for orange \/ gray clouds?<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"kbtopic":[53],"kbtag":[110],"mkb_version":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2866"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2866"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18927,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2866\/revisions\/18927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=2866"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=2866"},{"taxonomy":"mkb_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mkb_version?post=2866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}