https://petemahon.net/tags/infrastructure/Recent content in Infrastructure on PeteMahon.netHugoen-us<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC 4.0</a>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0400https://petemahon.net/posts/migrating-dns-to-cloudflare/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0400https://petemahon.net/posts/migrating-dns-to-cloudflare/<p>In <a href="https://petemahon.net/posts/why-i-left-microsoft-365-for-proton/">the previous post</a> I wrote about why I was leaving Microsoft 365. The first practical step was moving DNS off Microsoft&rsquo;s infrastructure.</p> <h2 id="why-cloudflare">Why Cloudflare</h2> <p>The specific trigger was licensing: once I stopped paying for M365, there was no guarantee Microsoft would keep hosting my DNS for free. I needed a provider I trusted to keep basic DNS free long-term, and Cloudflare has a strong track record on that front.</p> <p>Cloudflare has been my go-to for personal projects, going back years. Their free tier is compelling, and I was able to fashion my own dynamic DNS using their APIs to access my home lab remotely. Whilst I have since shifted my network to Tailscale, I still use Cloudflare for DNS hosting on other domains I own, CI/CD integrations, CDN, and Compute. To safely minimise the number of services I consume, Cloudflare was the natural choice for my DNS migration.</p>