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+# Cloudflare
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+DNS, SSL, and CDN. the layer between the domain and the server.
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+**role in the deploy chain:** domain → Cloudflare (DNS + SSL + CDN) → [[AWS Lightsail]] → [[nginx]] → [[gunicorn]] → app. Cloudflare is the outermost layer.
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+**MCP integration:** Cloudflare MCP server configured in [[Claude Code]] (via [[MCP]]) for managing DNS records and other Cloudflare resources directly from the AI agent.
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+**use case:** DNS management, free SSL certs, CDN caching, DDoS protection. the free tier covers most personal project needs.
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