Cloudflare Backend

• Module 1 - Getting Started with Cloudflare - Adding your domain, verifying DNS records, activating Cloudflare, to proxy or not to proxy, initial SSL setup
• Module 2 - AI Crawl Control - How to allow and block AI bots, reading crawler metrics, Robots.txt, using the AI Crawl Control dashboard
• Module 3 - Analytics & Logs - HTTP traffic overview, Web Analytics setup, performance metrics
• Module 4 - DNS - Records management, DNS analytics, settings, DNSSEC setup and why you need it, CNAME flattening
• Module 5 - Email - Email routing (what it is and should you use it), DMARC setup, monitoring your DMARC reports
• Module 6 - SSL/TLS - Full Strict vs Full vs Flexible vs Off, Edge Certificates, Universal SSL, ACM, Always Use HTTPS, HSTS risks, TLS versions, Opportunistic Encryption, Automatic HTTPS Rewrites, Encrypted Client Hello, Certificate Transparency, Origin Server
• Module 7 - Security Overview - Overview, Analytics, Traffic and Bot Analysis, Event Log, DDoS protection, Settings, Bot Fight Mode (Free), Super Bot Fight Mode (Paid), all the toggles
• Module 8 - Security Rules - Custom Rules, Rate Limit Rules, Managed Rules, IP Access Rules, WAF deep dive (Allow Good Bots, Aggressive Crawlers, Challenge Country/VPN, Block Web Hosts/Paths/Tor), Rule Order and Priority, Skip vs JS Challenge vs Managed Challenge vs Block, how to test rule changes safely, when to pause instead of delete
• Module 9 - Access - Cloudflare Access setup, protecting wp-login and backend services, real-world agency use cases
• Module 10 - Speed - Observatory, Real User Monitoring, Synthetic Monitoring, Image Optimization, APO for WordPress, Rocket Loader, Cloudflare Fonts, Early Hints, Smart Tiered Cache, Argo Smart Routing, protocol optimization settings
• Module 11 - Caching - Cache configuration, when and how to purge, Browser Cache TTL, Cache Rules, Tiered Cache, Development Mode, Always Online, CSAM Scanning Tool
• Module 12 - Rules - Redirect Rules, URL Rewrite Rules, Configuration Rules, Origin Rules, Cache Rules, Response Header Transform Rules, Page Rules (should you still use them?), Bulk Redirects, URL Normalization
• Module 13 - Error Pages - Custom error page setup and configuration
• Module 14 - Network - gRPC, WebSockets, Pseudo IPv4, IP Geolocation, Maximum Upload Size, Onion Routing
• Module 15 - Traffic - Argo Smart Routing, Load Balancing, Health Checks, Waiting Room

Addition Module

• Module 16 - Best Practices for Agencies - Account ownership models, managing inside your account, sharing and accessing client accounts
• Module 17 - Common Agency Questions - White labeling Cloudflare, free vs paid plans, does Cloudflare replace hosting security, will it improve SEO, explaining it to non-technical clients, can Cloudflare break a site
• Module 18 - Troubleshooting - Site suddenly offline, email broke after a DNS change, is it cache or something else, WAF blocking legitimate traffic, SSL and HTTPS errors, redirect loops, origin certificate confusion