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title: Pointing a Cloudflare subdomain to another host
description: "You can point a subdomain of your Cloudflare-managed domain to a site hosted by another vendor. Nothing needs to be purchased and no hosting is…"
url: "https://homerunner.io/docs/how-do-i-point-a-subdomain-of-my-cloudflare-managed-domain-to-a-site-hosted-else/"
updated: "2026-10-26"
category: Setup and plugins
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# Pointing a Cloudflare subdomain to another host

You can point a subdomain of your Cloudflare-managed domain to a site hosted by another vendor. Nothing needs to be purchased and no hosting is transferred.

**How it works.** A subdomain is a single DNS record in your domain's Cloudflare zone.

**Steps.**

1. Have the hosting vendor create the site on their account and give you the target. This is either an IPv4 address for an A record or a hostname for a CNAME record.
2. In Cloudflare, add the record: set **Type** to A or CNAME, **Name** to the subdomain label (for example 'app'), **Content** to the target, and **Proxy status** to **DNS only** (grey cloud).
3. The vendor issues the SSL certificate on their hosting.

Propagation is typically immediate at Cloudflare's nameservers.

**Optional.** Once the certificate is issued, you can switch the record to **Proxied** (orange cloud) if you want Cloudflare's proxy in front of it.

Still stuck? [Contact the HomeRunner team](https://homerunner.io/contact/) with your site address and what you tried, and we take it from there.