#Know nothing but considering Cloudflare for free SSL

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coarse bone
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Be me
Know barely anything about web development but successfully register and host websites for 13 years at namecheap
Namecheap now has expensive and onerous SSL purchase, install, and renewal process
Reddit told me cloudflare is good

BUT...
What is cloudflare?? Is it a hosting alternative?? When I "add a site" to cloudflare, am I transferring hosting or registration to cloudflare? Or if I add my site to cloudflare I dunno is it like running my traffic through another layer, but it's still registered and hosted on namecheap?

CAN...
Someone who knows nothing successfully set up my sites on cloudflare?

bitter relic
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generally cloudflare sits between the customer and your website but it can also host your site too

coarse bone
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so I could keep my hosting and registration but cloudflare would... be a layer of goodness

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and provide ssl

bitter relic
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yes

coarse bone
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v helpful thank you

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I already got confused by it asking me if the dns records look correct... would I just keep whatever was already there with namecheap?

bitter relic
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if you want to use cloudflare ssl make sure they are proxied (orange cloud)

coarse bone
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each DNS record needs to have an orange cloud?

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maybe there's a good DNS record readup I can look at

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MX SERV AND TXT does not have the cloud

bitter relic
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there are probably some getting started with cloudflare guides/moving to cloudflare