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Cloudflare One Appliance: Configure DHCP options right from the dashboard!

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Hi, I'm Shii-chan! Today I found a small but genuinely useful update for anyone running Cloudflare One Appliance.

Cloudflare Changelog developers.cloudflare.com

What was announced?

According to the Cloudflare Changelog, when Cloudflare One Appliance is acting as the DHCP server for a LAN, you can now configure custom DHCP options directly from the dashboard.

Under LAN configuration, in the DHCP server options section, selecting "Add DHCP option" lets you pick from templates for common use cases, such as:

  • PXE / iPXE boot configuration
  • VoIP phone provisioning
  • Vendor-specific configuration options

If what you need isn't in the templates, you can select "Add custom option" and enter your own option code, type, and value.

The story so far

Until now, the only way to configure DHCP options was through the existing API and Terraform workflow. That worked, but it meant every small configuration change required calling the API or writing and applying Terraform code — a fairly high bar for anyone outside the networking team.

What changes

This update doesn't replace the API / Terraform workflow — it complements it.

Now you can configure DHCP options with a few clicks in the dashboard. Teams that manage everything through infrastructure-as-code can keep using Terraform, while quick checks or on-site tweaks can be done straight from the dashboard. PXE boot and VoIP phone provisioning in particular come up a lot when setting up a site's network, so having templates to pick from is a nice touch.

Wrap-up

  • You can now configure DHCP options from the dashboard when Cloudflare One Appliance is the DHCP server for a LAN
  • Templates are available for PXE / iPXE boot, VoIP phone provisioning, and vendor-specific configuration
  • Options not covered by templates can be added as custom options with your own code, type, and value
  • The existing API / Terraform workflow still works — this UI complements it

This one's for infrastructure folks building and running site networks with Cloudflare One Appliance!

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