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Get Started

You can use Regional Services through the dashboard or via API.

​​ Configure Regional Services in the dashboard

To use Regional Services, you need to first create a DNS record in the dashboard:

  1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard, and select an account and domain.
  2. Go to the DNS tab.
  3. Follow these steps to create a DNS record.
  4. From the Region dropdown, select the region you would like to use on your domain. This value will be applied to all DNS records on the same hostname. This means that if you have two DNS records of the same hostname and change the region for one of them, both records will have the same region.

Refer to the table below for the complete list of available regions and their definitions. Only Super Administrators can view and edit the DNS Region used for Regional Services.

RegionDefinition
AustraliaCloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Australia to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.
CanadaCloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Canada to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.
European UnionCloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within the European Union. For more details, refer to the list of European Union countries.
IndiaCloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within India to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.
JapanCloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Japan to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.
United States of AmericaCloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within the United States of America to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.
FedRAMP CompliantCloudflare will only use data centers that are FedRAMP certified.
ISO 27001 Certified European UnionCloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within the European Union and that adhere to the ISO 27001 certification.
GermanyCloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Germany to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.
SingaporeCloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Singapore to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.
South KoreaCloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within South Korea to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.

​​ Configure Regional Services via API

You can also use Regional Services via API. These are some examples of API requests.

List all the available regions
Request
curl -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/addressing/regional_hostnames/regions" \
     -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
     -H "X-Auth-Key:<API_KEY>" \
     -H "X-Auth-Email:<EMAIL>" | jq .

Response
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": [
    {
      "key": "ca",
      "label": "Canada"
    },
    {
      "key": "eu",
      "label": "Europe"
    }
  ],
  "messages": []

}
Create a new regional hostname entry
Request
curl -X POST "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/addressing/regional_hostnames" \
     -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
     -H "X-Auth-Key:<API_KEY>" \
     -H "X-Auth-Email:<EMAIL>" \
     -d '{"hostname": "ca.regional.ipam.rocks", "region_key": "ca"}' | jq .

Response
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "hostname": "ca.regional.ipam.rocks",
    "region_key": "ca",
    "created_on": "2023-01-13T23:59:45.276558Z"
  },
  "messages": []

}
List all regional hostnames for a zone or get a specific one
Request
curl -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/addressing/regional_hostnames" \
     -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
     -H "X-Auth-Key:<API_KEY>" \
     -H "X-Auth-Email:<EMAIL>" | jq .

Response
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": [
    {
      "hostname": "ca.regional.ipam.rocks",
      "region_key": "ca",
      "created_on": "2023-01-14T00:47:57.060267Z"
    }
  ],
  "messages": []

}
List all regional hostnames for a specific zone
Request
curl -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/addressing/regional_hostnames/ca.regional.ipam.rocks" \
     -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
     -H "X-Auth-Key:<API_KEY>" \
     -H "X-Auth-Email:<EMAIL>" | jq .

Response
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "hostname": "ca.regional.ipam.rocks",
    "region_key": "ca",
    "created_on": "2023-01-13T23:59:45.276558Z"
  },
  "messages": []

}
Patch the region for a specific hostname
Request
curl -X PATCH "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/addressing/regional_hostnames/ca.regional.ipam.rocks" \
     -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
     -H "X-Auth-Key:<API_KEY>" \
     -H "X-Auth-Email:<EMAIL>" \
     -d '{"region_key": "eu"}' | jq .

Response
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "hostname": "ca.regional.ipam.rocks",
    "region_key": "eu",
    "created_on": "2023-01-13T23:59:45.276558Z"
  },
  "messages": []

}
Delete the region configuration
Request
curl -X DELETE "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/addressing/regional_hostnames/ca.regional.ipam.rocks" \
     -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
     -H "X-Auth-Key:<API_KEY>" \
     -H "X-Auth-Email:<EMAIL>" | jq .

Response
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": null,
  "messages": []

}

​​ Terraform support

You can also configure Regional Services using Terraform. For more details, refer to the cloudflare_regional_hostname resource in the Terraform documentation.