How to forward or redirect domains on Cloudflare

Step 1: Add the DNS records

First, let's add the necessary DNS records. On Cloudflare, navigate to the domain you want to redirect from and go to DNS > Records. In this example, I will be redirecting my secondary codecobalt.net domain to my main codecobalt.com domain. Add an A record for your root domain and point it to Cloudflare's internal IP address. Settings:

• Type: A
• Name: @ _(for the root domain)_
• IPv4 Address: 192.0.2.1
• Proxy Status: On / Proxied

Add a second A record for the www subdomain. Settings:

• Type: A
• Name: www
• IPv4 Address: 192.0.2.1
• Proxy Status : On/Proxied

When done you should have two records that look like this:

Step 2: Add the Redirect rule

Now, let's add the redirect rule to the target domain. Still on the domain you want to redirect from, navigate to Rules > Redirect Rules. Select Create Rule and make a rule with the following settings:

• Name: Redirect to codecobalt.com _(This is just a label. Replace with your domain name.)_
• If / When incoming requests match: All incoming requests
• Type: Static
• URL: https://codecobalt.com _(Replace with your target URL)_

Select Deploy to commit your rule. The rule should now show in your rules list.

Step 3: Test your rule

The rule is now in place and should work. Navigate your browser to your redirect-from domain, and it should automatically redirect you to the new one (in my case codecobalt.net takes me to codecobalt.com).