External Target Example

A/AAAA DNS records pointing to an external IP, without a Cloudflare Tunnel.

This example creates DNS records via CloudflareDNS in ExternalTarget mode. No tunnel, gateway, or HTTPRoute is needed; ExternalTarget mode is standalone DNS management.

Quick Start

# 1. Install cfgate (if not already installed)
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cfgate/cfgate/releases/latest/download/install.yaml

# 2. Create credentials
kubectl create secret generic cloudflare-credentials \
  -n cfgate-system \
  --from-literal=CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=<your-token>

# 3. Deploy example (edit dns.yaml first)
kubectl apply -k examples/external-target

Configuration

Before applying, edit dns.yaml:

Field	What to change
spec.cloudflare.accountId	Set to your Cloudflare account ID
spec.cloudflare.secretRef.name	Name of your credentials Secret (default: cloudflare-credentials)
spec.zones[].name	Set to your domain
spec.source.explicit[].hostname	Set to hostnames in your domain
spec.externalTarget.value	Set to the target IP address

Verify

kubectl get cfdns -n cfgate-system
dig app.example.com
dig api.example.com

Cleanup

kubectl delete -k examples/external-target