Create Custom Hostname

Add a new custom hostname and request that an SSL certificate be issued for it. One of three validation methods—http, txt, email—should be used, with 'http' recommended if the CNAME is already in place (or will be soon). Specifying 'email' will send an email to the WHOIS contacts on file for the base domain plus hostmaster, postmaster, webmaster, admin, administrator. If http is used and the domain is not already pointing to the Managed CNAME host, the PATCH method must be used once it is (to complete validation).

Request

Path Params

zone_identifier

string

required

Body Params application/json

ssl

sslpost

required

SSL properties used when creating the custom hostname.

One of

object

bundle_method

enum<string>

optional

A ubiquitous bundle has the highest probability of being verified everywhere, even by clients using outdated or unusual trust stores. An optimal bundle uses the shortest chain and newest intermediates. And the force bundle verifies the chain, but does not otherwise modify it.

Allowed values:

ubiquitousoptimalforce

Default:

ubiquitous

Example:

ubiquitous

custom_certificate

string

optional

If a custom uploaded certificate is used.

Example:

custom_key

string

optional

The key for a custom uploaded certificate.

Example:

method

optional

Domain control validation (DCV) method used for this hostname.

Allowed values:

httptxtemail

Example:

http

settings

object

sslsettings

optional

SSL specific settings.

wildcard

boolean

optional

Indicates whether the certificate covers a wildcard.

Example:

false

Example

{
    "ssl": {
        "bundle_method": "ubiquitous",
        "custom_certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\\nMIIFJDCCBAygAwIBAgIQD0ifmj/Yi5NP/2gdUySbfzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBN\\nMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEVMBMGA1UEChMMRGlnaUNlcnQgSW5jMScwJQYDVQQDEx5E...SzSHfXp5lnu/3V08I72q1QNzOCgY1XeL4GKVcj4or6cT6tX6oJH7ePPmfrBfqI/O\\nOeH8gMJ+FuwtXYEPa4hBf38M5eU5xWG7\\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\\n",
        "custom_key": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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\nlv6XTQaMyf6n1yjzL+fzDrH3qXMxHMO/b13EePXpDMpY7HQpoLDi\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
        "method": "http",
        "settings": {
            "ciphers": [
                "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256",
                "AES128-SHA"
            ],
            "early_hints": "on",
            "http2": "on",
            "min_tls_version": "1.2",
            "tls_1_3": "on"
        },
        "wildcard": false
    }
}

Request samples

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curl --location --request POST 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones//custom_hostnames' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "ssl": {
        "bundle_method": "ubiquitous",
        "custom_certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\\nMIIFJDCCBAygAwIBAgIQD0ifmj/Yi5NP/2gdUySbfzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBN\\nMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEVMBMGA1UEChMMRGlnaUNlcnQgSW5jMScwJQYDVQQDEx5E...SzSHfXp5lnu/3V08I72q1QNzOCgY1XeL4GKVcj4or6cT6tX6oJH7ePPmfrBfqI/O\\nOeH8gMJ+FuwtXYEPa4hBf38M5eU5xWG7\\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\\n",
        "custom_key": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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\nlv6XTQaMyf6n1yjzL+fzDrH3qXMxHMO/b13EePXpDMpY7HQpoLDi\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
        "method": "http",
        "settings": {
            "ciphers": [
                "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256",
                "AES128-SHA"
            ],
            "early_hints": "on",
            "http2": "on",
            "min_tls_version": "1.2",
            "tls_1_3": "on"
        },
        "wildcard": false
    }
}'

Responses

🟢200Create Custom Hostname response

application/json

Body

allOf {2}

optional

object (api-response-single)

optional

errors

array [object {2}]

messages

required

Example:

[]

messages

array [object {2}]

messages

required

Example:

[]

result

required

success

enum<boolean>

required

Whether the API call was successful

Allowed value:

true

Example:

true

object

optional

result

object

optional

Example

{
    "errors": [],
    "messages": [],
    "result": {},
    "success": true
}

🟢200Create Custom Hostname response failure