cant change name-servers, help pls
i am looking to change the nameservers i have with cloudflare and i cant do it. is is possible to do it on the free plan? Also i just realised that my website is not working. Is an 525 error coming telling me to contact cloud flare, but it looks like there is none to contact .
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It looks like Cloudflare currently does not support changing the nameserver of a registered domain, so you would need to create all the required DNS records directly in Cloudflare.
thanks for your reply, but how i would do that?
you mean adding dns records?
cf dashboard -> wdbsites -> click the domain -> DNS Records -> Add record
yeah but this is not gonna do the change i need
may I know the reason you have to change the nameservers? could you provide more details about what DNS records you wanted to add? if changing the nameservers is really what you want, then transferring the domain out would be a solution
Regarding the 525 error, it means that the SSL handshake between Cloudflare and the origin web server failed. The general tips could be checking the validaty of the cert, checking the SNI configuration, checking if the provider hosting your website listening 443 port. You may find some helpful ideas here: https://community.cloudflare.com/t/community-tip-fixing-error-525-ssl-handshake-failed/44256
i have someone creating my website for me and i was told i have to change the nameservers to bluehost as thats who they work with
regarding the 525 i will check, i changed servers before and connect the websites but i never had this issues
normally using individual DNS records should get everything worked, and it's technically not necessary to use the DNS servers provided by the webhosting company. You would want to discuss with them to find a solution.
Here is a related reddit post, and its comments might be helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/webhosting/comments/12gv3en/cloudflare_problem_you_cant_alter_their/
thank you, i will try and see