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Register a Cloudflare One Virtual Appliance yourself, right from the dashboard!

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Hey there, it's me, Shii-chan! Today I've got a small but handy networking update for you.

Cloudflare Changelog developers.cloudflare.com

What was announced?

According to Cloudflare's Changelog, you can now register a Cloudflare One Virtual Appliance and generate its license key (authentication key) right from the dashboard, without contacting your account team. You can get started on the spot.

The story so far

Until now there wasn't a dashboard flow for registering a virtual appliance. There was an API and Terraform self-serve workflow, but if you wanted to do everything from the GUI, it took an extra step. This update complements that API/Terraform flow so you can do it in the dashboard too.

What changes

You can register a virtual appliance and generate its key on your own schedule, without waiting on your account team. Being able to move the moment you want to is really nice. One heads-up: hardware appliances still go through the existing account-team fulfillment workflow.

Dive Deep

Here's how it works:

  • On the Connectors page, select Add an appliance and choose Virtual appliance to register and generate the authentication key.
  • To rotate the key, open the virtual appliance connector's menu and select Regenerate authentication key.
  • Regenerating immediately and irrevocably revokes the previous key, so be careful.
  • The authentication key is shown only once, so copy and store it securely right away.

For the full steps, check out Configure a Cloudflare One Virtual Appliance.

Wrap-up

  • Registering a Cloudflare One Virtual Appliance and generating its auth key can now be done yourself from the dashboard.
  • Add an appliance → Virtual appliance on the Connectors page to register; Regenerate authentication key in the menu to rotate.
  • Regenerating instantly revokes the old key, and the key is shown only once, so store it carefully.
  • Hardware appliances still go through the account team as before.

This one's for the network folks wiring up sites with Cloudflare One!

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