Cloudflare Operations

DNS records

Use the DNS command group to read, create, update, and delete common Cloudflare DNS records from the terminal.

Command shape

DNS commands always use the cf dns <cmd> shape:

cf --profile personal dns get A @
cf --profile personal dns list TXT
cf --profile personal dns a @ 203.0.113.10

The profile can also come from CF_PROFILE.

Common record helpers

Use helpers for the record types you edit most often:

cf dns a @ 203.0.113.10 "Main site"
cf dns aaaa @ 2001:db8::10
cf dns cname www app.example.net
cf dns txt verify abc123
cf dns mx @ 10 mx1.mailhost.com

The optional final argument is a Cloudflare record comment where supported.

Read before and after writes

A safe DNS workflow is:

cf dns get CNAME www
cf dns cname www app.example.net "Vercel app"
cf dns get CNAME www

For broad inspection:

cf dns list
cf dns list TXT
cf dns list CNAME www

Delete carefully

Deletion supports value matching and all-record deletion for a key:

cf dns delete TXT verify --value abc123
cf dns delete TXT verify --all

Prefer --value when there may be multiple records with the same type and key.

Useful flags

--proxied=true|false
--ttl 3600
--upsert
--priority 10

Use --proxied=false for verification records and many third-party hosting targets unless the provider explicitly supports Cloudflare proxying.