How to Connect a Netlify sites to a Custom Domain or subdomain Using Cloudflare with SSL Certificate

To connect your Netlify any site to your custom domain or subdomain https://blogs.janakkumarshrestha0.com.np using Cloudflare, follow this step-by-step guide:

✅ Step-by-Step: Connect Custom Domain via Cloudflare

📌 Prerequisites:

• Your site is already deployed and live on Netlify
• You own/manage the .com.np domain via Cloudflare

🔧 STEP 1: Add Domain to Netlify

1. Go to your site on Netlify
2. Navigate to: Site settings → Domain Management → Add a domain
3. Click Add a domain you already own”
4. Enter your sub domain: blogs.janakkumarshrestha0.com.np
5. Click Verify, then Add domain

🌐 STEP 2: Point DNS from Cloudflare to Netlify

1. Go to your domain in Cloudflare Dashboard

2. Go to the DNS tab

3. Add a new CNAME record:

   Type	Name	Target	TTL	Proxy
   CNAME	blog	your-site.netlify.app	Auto	✅ ON

   • Replace your-site.netlify.app with your actual Netlify subdomain (found on your Netlify dashboard).
   • Name is blog, not the full domain.

🔑 STEP 3: Verify Domain Ownership with Netlify via Cloudflare

Netlify needs to verify that you own the domain example.com.np before it allows you to add a subdomain like sub.example.com.np.

sub.example.com.np is an alias of examples.netlify.app and has its traffic proxied through Cloudflare.

To verify ownership using Cloudflare DNS, follow these steps:

Copy TXT Record from Netlify

From Netlify:

• Host: netlify-challenge
• Value: your-value

Add TXT Record in Cloudflare

1. Go to Cloudflare Dashboard

2. Select your domain: yourdomain.com.np

3. Go to the DNS tab

4. Click “Add record”

5. Choose:

   • Type: TXT
   • Name (Host): netlify-challenge
   • Content (Value): your-value
   • TTL: Auto

6. Click Save

🔒 STEP 4: Ensure SSL (HTTPS) Works

• On Netlify:

  • Go to Site settings → Domain Management → HTTPS
  • Enable Automatic HTTPS (Let’s Encrypt) if not already

• On Cloudflare:

  • Go to SSL/TLS → Overview
  • Set SSL mode to Full or Full (Strict)

🚀 STEP 5: Test Your Domain

• Open a browser and go to:

  https://blog.janakkumarshrestha0.com.np/

• It should load your Netlify blog.

✅ Done!

Your blog is now live at your custom domain using Netlify + Cloudflare DNS.