# Cloudflare DNS with Windows hosting: connect your domain's zone

> Keep your domain's DNS at Cloudflare and let your HyperDC Windows hosting service write the records it needs: create an API token and connect it once.

Difficulty: Beginner

If your domain's DNS is managed at Cloudflare, your Windows hosting service can write the records it needs in your zone. You create a token in Cloudflare that may edit only that zone, and connect it once.

## Before you start

- Your domain uses Cloudflare's nameservers.
- Your Windows hosting service is active.

## Step 1: Create the token in Cloudflare

1. In the Cloudflare dashboard, open **My Profile › API Tokens** and select **Create Token**.
2. Next to **Edit zone DNS**, select **Use template**.
3. Under **Zone Resources**, choose **Include**, **Specific zone** and your domain.
4. Select **Continue to summary**, then **Create Token**, and copy the token. Cloudflare shows it only once.

## Step 2: Connect it to your service

1. On your service page, open the **DNS** tab and select **Connect Cloudflare**.
2. Paste the token and select **Check Token**.
3. Select **Review Changes**. **What will change at Cloudflare** lists the records; select **Write Records**.

The service writes the A record for your site and the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for your mail in your Cloudflare zone. Afterwards the Cloudflare card offers **Update Now** and **Disconnect**.

**Verify:** select **Check Records** in the **DNS** tab, and in Cloudflare the **DNS** records of your domain show the new A, MX and TXT records.

## Troubleshooting

**The token is refused.** Check that it uses the **Edit zone DNS** template and includes this domain's zone. Create a new one if you are not sure.

## Next steps

- HTTPS for your site: [free SSL on Windows hosting](/guides/windows-hosting-ssl).
- Mailboxes at your domain: [email on Windows hosting](/guides/windows-hosting-mail).

## Frequently asked questions

### Which permissions does the token need?

Use Cloudflare's Edit zone DNS template and limit it to the zone of your domain.

### Which records are written?

The A record for your site, and the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for your mail.

### Do I have to use Cloudflare?

No. At any other DNS provider, point your domain's A record to the server yourself; see point a domain to your server.

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Source: <https://hyperdc.com/guides/products/windows-hosting-cloudflare-dns>\
Updated: 2026-11-02