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This tutorial covers redirecting example.com to www.example.com when using Cloudflare, to do the opposite, please see Deprecated - Redirect www.example.com to example.com.
You should replace all instances of example.com in the screenshots with your domain.
Step 1, The DNS Record:
The first thing you will need is a DNS record for @, set to 
. This can point to any IP address as the redirection page rule will execute first. I would recommend pointing it to 192.0.2.1, a dummy IP.
Step 2, The Page Rule:
The second step is the page rule that will perform the redirect. You should add one like this:
The * means it will forward all pages and the $1 will keep the path, i.e. if you typed in example.com/page1, you would be redirected to https://www.example.com/page1.
Note about redirect types: This tutorial shows a 302 Temporary Redirect, I would recommend starting with this and checking it functions as required. Then if you intend to keep the new location permananely, switch to a 301 Permanent redirect.
Note: If you have HSTS enabled
If your domain is on the HSTS Preload List, a requirement of this is that your domain redirects http://example.com to https://example.com before redirecting to www. This can be solved by setting the match URL to https://example.com/* and ensuring that Always Use HTTPS is enabled. This means the redirects will be:
http://example.com -> https://example.com -> https://www.example.com
rather than
http://example.com -> https://www.example.com
and therefore satisfy the requirements for your domain to be preloaded.
Thanks for the report of this in this thread.
Introduction to redirecting with page rules video
Tutorial Reference: CT-27
Reviewed: 08/21
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