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Overview1. Create your configuration2. Initialize and plan3. Apply and verify

This tutorial shows you how to get started with Terraform. You just signed up your domain (example.com) on Cloudflare to manage everything in Terraform and now you will create a DNS record pointing www.example.com to a web server at 203.0.113.10.

Before you begin, ensure you have:

Installed Terraform

Created an API Token with permissions to edit resources for this tutorial

Note

Terraform code snippets below refer to the v5 SDK only.

1. Create your configuration

Create a file named main.tf, filling in your own values for the API token, zone ID, account ID, and domain:
terraform { required_providers { cloudflare = { source = "cloudflare/cloudflare" version = "~> 5" } }}provider "cloudflare" { api_token = "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"}variable "zone_id" { default = "<YOUR_ZONE_ID>"}variable "account_id" { default = "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>"}variable "domain" { default = "<YOUR_DOMAIN>"}resource "cloudflare_dns_record" "www" { zone_id = "<YOUR_ZONE_ID>" name = "www" content = "203.0.113.10" type = "A" ttl = 1 proxied = true comment = "Domain verification record"}

Caution

To prevent accidentally exposing your Cloudflare credentials, do not save this file in your version control system. The next tutorial will cover best practices for passing in your API token.

2. Initialize and plan

Initialize Terraform to download the Cloudflare provider:
terraform init
Review what will be created:
terraform planTerraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions areindicated with the following symbols: + createTerraform will perform the following actions: # cloudflare_dns_record.www will be created + resource "cloudflare_dns_record" "www" { + comment = "Domain verification record" + comment_modified_on = (known after apply) + content = "203.0.113.10" + created_on = (known after apply) + id = (known after apply) + meta = (known after apply) + modified_on = (known after apply) + name = "www" + proxiable = (known after apply) + proxied = true + settings = (known after apply) + tags = (known after apply) + tags_modified_on = (known after apply) + ttl = 1 + type = "A" + zone_id = "<YOUR_ZONE_ID>" }Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

3. Apply and verify

Apply your configuration:
terraform apply
Type yes when prompted.
Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions areindicated with the following symbols: + createTerraform will perform the following actions: # cloudflare_dns_record.www will be created + resource "cloudflare_dns_record" "www" { + comment = "Domain verification record" + comment_modified_on = (known after apply) + content = "203.0.113.10" + created_on = (known after apply) + id = (known after apply) + meta = (known after apply) + modified_on = (known after apply) + name = "www" + proxiable = (known after apply) + proxied = true + settings = (known after apply) + tags = (known after apply) + tags_modified_on = (known after apply) + ttl = 1 + type = "A" + zone_id = "<YOUR_ZONE_ID>" }Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.Do you want to perform these actions? Terraform will perform the actions described above. Only 'yes' will be accepted to approve. Enter a value: yescloudflare_dns_record.www: Creating...cloudflare_dns_record.www: Creation complete after 0sApply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
After creation, verify the DNS record:
dig www.example.com
Test the web server response:
curl https://www.example.comHello, this is 203.0.113.10!
To see the full results returned from the API call:
terraform show
You can also check the Cloudflare dashboard and go to the DNS > Records page.
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