{"id":725,"date":"2023-01-03T13:47:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T13:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2023\/01\/03\/6865646-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder-via-cloudflare\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T07:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:01:18","slug":"6865646-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger-ai-builder-via-cloudflare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6865646-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger-ai-builder-via-cloudflare\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger AI Builder: How to point a domain via Cloudflare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;d like to build a site using <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ai-builder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hostinger AI Builder<\/a><\/b> and create additional subdomains or domain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-redirect-a-domain-to-hostinger-ai-builder\/\">redirections<\/a> on your own, we highly recommend using <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudflare<\/a>.<\/b><\/p><h2 id=\"h_d1e81ab929\">Adding your domain to Cloudflare<\/h2><ol>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">Create a free <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudflare account<\/a><\/b>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Add site<\/b> and insert your domain:<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/01\/c4e1e9cf-d142-4e87-ad5f-7c504220b363.jpg\" alt=\"Cloudflare dashboard with the Add site button highlighted in the top bar\" data-media-id=\"3109\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">On your domain provider&rsquo;s website, find the<b> nameservers settings<\/b>. Delete the current nameservers and insert the ones provided by Cloudflare. You can find more detailed instructions here: <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.cloudflare.com\/dns\/zone-setups\/full-setup\/setup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Change your authoritative nameservers<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">This way, you&rsquo;ll point your domain to Cloudflare servers, and your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone will be transferred to Cloudflare.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_469020ac8a\">Pointing your domain from Cloudflare to Hostinger AI Builder<\/h2><ol>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">In your Cloudflare account, select your domain and open its <b>DNS<\/b> settings:<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/01\/ed824283-b2fb-405a-b91f-5391315bffe6.jpg\" alt=\"Cloudflare DNS menu with Records highlighted\" data-media-id=\"3111\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">Delete A and\/or AAAA records for your <b>root domain<\/b> (the ones that point <b><code>yourdomain.tld<\/code><\/b> to any IP address), if there are any:<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/01\/1cf72cb7-84ae-4f16-83f3-9d7afbde3b32.jpg\" alt=\"Cloudflare DNS record editor with the Delete button highlighted at bottom left\" data-media-id=\"3113\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">Add these two <b>CNAME<\/b> records for <strong>manual<\/strong> mode:&#8203;<\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>CNAME 1<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>CNAME 2<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Name<\/b>:<b> <\/b>@<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Content<\/b>:<b> <\/b>connect.hostinger.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>TTL<\/b>: select any (or leave the default) value<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Proxy status<\/b>: DNS only<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Name<\/b>:<b> <\/b>www<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Content<\/b>:<b> <\/b>connect.hostinger.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>TTL<\/b>: select any (or leave the default) value<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Proxy status<\/b>: DNS only<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Or these <strong>CNAME<\/strong> records for <strong>agentic<\/strong> mode, make sure to <strong>replace yourdomain.tld with your full domain name<\/strong>, including the extension.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>CNAME 1<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>CNAME 2<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Name<\/b>:<b> <\/b>@<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Content<\/b>: yourdomain.tld.cdn.hstgr.net<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>TTL<\/b>: select any (or leave the default) value<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Proxy status<\/b>: DNS only<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Name<\/b>:<b> <\/b>www<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Content<\/b>: www.yourdomain.tld.cdn.hstgr.net<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>TTL<\/b>: select any (or leave the default) value<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Proxy status<\/b>: DNS only<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/01\/7293b40b-bb50-4f2a-8ee3-f86e0eecd454.jpg\" alt=\"Cloudflare DNS CNAME records for @ and www pointing to connect.hostinger.com\" data-media-id=\"3114\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">&#8203;Additionally, open the <b>SSL\/TLS<\/b> tab<b> <\/b>and select the option <b>Full<\/b>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/01\/ff01aeca-9d82-4434-993d-0cc77b23c733.jpg\" alt=\"Cloudflare SSL\/TLS Overview with Full mode selected\" data-media-id=\"3115\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Finally, give the connection process some time to complete &ndash; 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