https://robdimsdale.com/tags/cloud-foundry-cloudflare/Recent content in Cloud Foundry, Cloudflare on Rob Dimsdale-ZuckerHugoen-usThu, 22 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://robdimsdale.com/blog/2015-01-22-cloudfoundry-cloudflare-custom-domains/Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://robdimsdale.com/blog/2015-01-22-cloudfoundry-cloudflare-custom-domains/<p><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com">CloudFlare</a> is a Content Deliery Network and distributed DNS system; <a href="http://cloudfoundry.org/">Cloud Foundry</a> is a Platform as a Service.</p> <p>Routing custom top-level domains (e.g. <code>my-custom-domain.com</code>) and custom subdomains (e.g. <code>blog.my-custom-domain.com</code>) to an app running on a Cloud Foundry instance can be achieved using CloudFlare as a DNS provider as follows:</p> <h3 id="hosting-an-application-on-a-cloud-foundry-instance">Hosting an application on a Cloud Foundry instance</h3> <p>Sign up for an account with a Cloud Foundry provider (e.g. <a href="https://run.pivotal.io">Pivotal Web Services</a>) and the <a href="http://docs.cloudfoundry.org/devguide/installcf/">install the Cloud Foundry CLI</a>.</p>