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Enable Version Management

By default, Version Management is not enabled on a zone.

To enable Version Management:

  1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard.
  2. Select your account and zone.
  3. Go to Version Management.
  4. Select Enable versioning.

Once you enable Version Management, Cloudflare will automatically create:

  • Version Zero of your zone, which duplicates all existing settings that are compatible with version management. Since this version is initially applied to your read-only Production environment, you cannot edit any settings.
  • Version 1 of your zone, which is the same as Version Zero but its settings can be updated and applied to environments.
  • Global Settings, which controls the settings that are not compatible with version management.

Any changes made to Global Settings will immediately apply to your zone and all versions of your zone.

Cloudflare also automatically creates environments for Production, Staging, and Development.

​​ Disable Version Management

If your zone is under attack or you need to make a change quickly, you can disable the version management process:

  1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard.
  2. Select your account and zone.
  3. Go to Version Management.
  4. Select Environments.
  5. On your production environment, select Edit.
  6. For Read-only Environment, make sure the checkbox is unchecked.
  7. Select Save.

Then, you can directly edit the version associated with your production environment.