Chapter 1. Instant CloudFlare Starter

Welcome to CloudFlare Starter. This book has been especially created to provide you with all the information that you need to get set up with CloudFlare. You will learn the basics of CloudFlare, make your site perform faster, and discover some tips and tricks for using CloudFlare.

This document contains the following sections:

So, what is CloudFlare? looks at what CloudFlare actually is, what you can do with it, and why it's so great.

Installation teaches you how to set up CloudFlare with the minimum fuss so that you can use it as soon as possible.

Quick start shows you how to perform one of the core tasks of CloudFlare— making your site work faster. By following these steps you will learn how to configure your site with CloudFlare enhancements, which will be the basis of most of your work in CloudFlare.

Top 5 features you need to know about explains how to perform five tasks with the most important security features of CloudFlare. By the end of this section you will be able to secure your site with CloudFlare. Also, CloudFlare offers an extensive array of apps for you to use. These apps can help make your site perform faster, be more secure, offer a better user experience, and discover analytics.

People and places you should get to know provides you with many useful links to the CloudFlare pages, as well as a number of helpful articles, tutorials, blogs, and Twitter feeds.