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Cloudflare Developers•3mo ago
username#0000

API to enable Foundation DNS on an Enterprise zone

Is there any API, official or otherwise to enable Foundation DNS on an enterprise zone? I have 500 that I need to enable and I am discovering that cf enterprise support isn't fast.
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SuperHelpflare
SuperHelpflare•3mo ago
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According to the documentation, yes, there is an API to enable Foundation DNS on a zone. You can use the Update DNS Settings endpoint to send a PATCH request to enable Foundation DNS. Here is an example of the API request: 
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/dns_settings" \
  --request PATCH \
  --header "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
  --header "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
  --json '{
    "foundation_dns": true
  }'
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/dns_settings" \
  --request PATCH \
  --header "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
  --header "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
  --json '{
    "foundation_dns": true
  }'
You will need to replace $ZONE_ID, $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL, and $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY with your actual zone ID, email, and API key. You can use this API to enable Foundation DNS on multiple zones programmatically, which should help you with your task of enabling it on 500 zones. Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/foundation-dns/setup/
Sources
* Foundation DNS - Cloudflare DNS docs * Set up advanced nameservers - Cloudflare DNS docs * Advanced nameservers - Cloudflare DNS docs
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username#0000
username#0000OP•3mo ago
indeed the AI nailed it and the zones are now all foundation. I originally attempted this with terraform, and failed there, but then I think got misled into believing this was only possible in bulk, via the account team.

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