Does cloudflare change my server IP address?

Question

I use cloudflare for DNS management. Does it change my IP address? I've heard that I cannot get my default IP address of my server with ping, so how to get my default IP address?

Answer 1

Using CloudFlare doesn't change your server IP address. If you're doing lookups against the domain, however, our IPs are going to show because we act as a reverse proxy for your site (doing a dig, ping, traceroute, etc. to the domain will show our IPs). We're still resolving the site to the IP address you have in your DNS settings.