PFSense Dynamic DNS with Cloudflare
Configuring Dynamic DNS on PFSense for Cloudflare
Configuring Dynamic DNS on PFSense for Cloudflare
Configure DNS Record on Cloudflare
Before you configure your firewall you will need to have an A record setup on Cloudflare. You can use a temporary address like 1.1.1.1 in the data field. If you don't have an A record configured with the name/domain already you will get an error in PFSense.
Configure PFSense Firewall
On the firewall add a new Dynamic DNS entry.
- Service Type: Cloudflare
- Hostname: name of host and domain suffix
- Verbose logging: Checked
- Username: Cloudflare login/email
- Password: Cloudflare Global API Key
Results
If successful you should see the green check for status and your cached IP.
Troubleshooting
/services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS (hostname): (Error) Zone or Host ID was not found, check the hostname.
There is no A record matching the hostname you entered. The A record must exist ahead of time.
/services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS (hostname): UNKNOWN ERROR - Invalid request headers
/services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS (hostname): UNKNOWN ERROR - Authentication error
/services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS (hostname): UNKNOWN ERROR - Authentication error
You entered invalid credentials. You need to enter a valid username and Global API key for your password. Although the instructions say you can use an API token, this does not work.