Getting Started with SWA Plus and SWA Premium

Thank you for choosing Secure Web Accelerator (SWA), powered by Cloudflare^®. If SWA Plus or SWA Premium were not purchased directly, please review the upgrade path as follows:

SWA Basic → SWA Plus → SWA Premium

To upgrade SWA Basic, please follow the instructions for Upgrading Secure Web Accelerator (SWA).

Here are some key features available after upgrading to SWA Plus or SWA Premium:

Full access to the Cloudflare Control Panel or dashboard making all features available.
Access to Cloudflare extensive Web Application Firewall (WAF) rulesets.
Custom page rules, custom WAF rules, automatic image optimization and more.

What's Next?

SWA Plus and SWA Premium make available all of the Cloudflare security, performance, and analytic tools. Below is a list of next-steps items as well as recommended settings to complete the setup:

Accept Invitation to Manage Cloudflare Account

Enabling Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on Cloudflare

Understanding the Cloudflare Control Panel / Dashboard

Managing DNS Resource Records for SWA

Recommended Security Settings for SWA

Managing Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Recommended Performance Optimization
After upgrading to SWA Plus, an invitation to manage the domain zone using the Cloudflare dashboard will be emailed to the registered account.