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Setting Up Cloudflare for DDoS Protection

TLDR Lukas sought advice on using Cloudflare for protection against DDoS and abuse. Jason guided them through the setup process, including IP-based blocking.

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May 04, 2022 (18 months ago)
Lukas
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Lukas
01:17 PM
Hello, in terms of protection from ddos and any other abuse, what would I have to do? I know that cloudfare could help me, but what do I have to do exactly?
Jason
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Jason
01:25 PM
Here's how you setup cloudflare: https://typesense-community.slack.com/archives/C01P749MET0/p1643993514137789?thread_ts=1643992951.867889&cid=C01P749MET0

Once that's done it's pretty much handled by Cloudflare from that point
May 17, 2022 (17 months ago)
Lukas
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Lukas
08:57 AM
Jason How do I set up IP-based blocking? It seems that Cloudfare has so many services, where do I navigate? is it “api shield”?
Jason
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Jason
03:20 PM
Lukas It's under Security -> WAF and then you add a Firewall Rule