Eli the Computer Guy

Info

• Level: Beginner
• Presenter: Eli the Computer Guy
• Date Created: September 11, 2011
• Length of Class: 34 Minutes

Tracks

• Security / Data Integrity
• Web Design

Prerequisites

• None

Purpose of Class

• This class shows website administrators how they can use CloudFlare to make their website run faster, have more up time, be more secure and be able to easily ad functionality without having to recode webpages.

Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00)
2. How CloudFlare Works (01:19)
3. Using CloudFlare (14:51)
4. Demonstration (17:34)
5. Final Thoughts (28:40)

Class Notes

1. Introduction
1. Web Proxy Content Delivery Network – CloudFlare caches your website so that if your server goes down your visitors will still see your cached site.  The CDN means your visitors will be directed to a server that is closest to them.
2. Apps / Plugins allow to easily ad functionality to your site
3. CloudFlare can block spambots and hackers from getting to your site
4. Free/ Pay for Versions
2. How it Works
1. Create an account on CloudFlare.com
2. Change your DNS Name Server records to CloudFlare’s name Servers
3. You’re done…
3. Final Thoughts
1. Easy to setup
2. No Problems so far

Resources

• CloudFlare

Eli the Computer Guy (437 Posts)

Eli the Computer Guy has 16 years experience in technology being the guy to fix "it". From the Army, to building out new satellite offices for the enterprise, to running his own shop with 9 full time employees Eli has real world experience with almost all systems that technicians will be working with. Eli has 1600 hours of formal technical beyond his Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice on technologies ranging from Avaya PBX/ Audix to Microsoft, Red Hat Linux, MySQL, Cisco and much more.