Cloudflare

DNS, SSL, and CDN. the layer between the domain and the server.

role in the deploy chain: domain → Cloudflare (DNS + SSL + CDN) → AWS Lightsail → nginx → gunicorn → app. Cloudflare is the outermost layer.

MCP integration: Cloudflare MCP server configured in Claude Code (via MCP) for managing DNS records and other Cloudflare resources directly from the AI agent.

use case: DNS management, free SSL certs, CDN caching, DDoS protection. the free tier covers most personal project needs.

deep dive: awesome-cloudflare — workers, pages, KV, R2, and the full Cloudflare ecosystem.