diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 81fce7e..2f0e0e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ ansible/collections/**
 # Terraform lock file
 **/.terraform.lock.hcl
 
+# Terraform secrets file
+**/secrets.auto.tfvars
+
 # Crash log files
 crash.log
 crash.*.log
diff --git a/terraform/cloudflare/main.tf b/terraform/cloudflare/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e3cca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/cloudflare/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# terraform file to create dns resource in cloudflare
+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.8.0"
+  required_providers {
+    cloudflare = {
+      source = "cloudflare/cloudflare"
+      version = "~> 4.44"
+    }
+  }
+  backend "local" {
+    path = "/home/michael/Nextcloud/Backups/tfstate/cloudflare.tfstate"
+  }
+}
+
+provider "cloudflare" {
+    api_token = var.api_token
+}
+
+data "cloudflare_accounts" "default" {
+    name = var.account_name
+}
+
+resource "cloudflare_zone" "balsillie_net" {
+    account_id = data.cloudflare_accounts.default[0].id
+    zone = "balsillie.net"
+    paused = false
+    plan = "free"
+    type = "full"
+}
+
+resource "cloudflare_dns_zone_dnssec" "balsillie_net" {
+    zone_id = cloudflare_zone.balsillie_net.id
+}
+
+resource "cloudflare_dns_record" "example_record" {
+    zone_id = cloudflare_zone.balsillie_net.id
+    proxied = false
+    type    = "A"
+    ttl     = 60
+    name    = "@"
+    content   = "5.161.254.39"
+}
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diff --git a/terraform/cloudflare/secrets.auto.example b/terraform/cloudflare/secrets.auto.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd595e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/cloudflare/secrets.auto.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Rename this file to "secrets.auto.tfvars"
+
+api_token = "CHANGE ME"
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diff --git a/terraform/cloudflare/variable_definitions.tf b/terraform/cloudflare/variable_definitions.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95bb10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/cloudflare/variable_definitions.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+variable "api_token" {
+    description = "Cloudflare account API token"
+    type        = string
+    default     = ""
+    sensitive   = true
+}
+
+variable "account_name" {
+    description = "Cloudflare account name"
+    type        = string
+    default     = ""
+}
+
+variable "a_records" {
+    description = "DNS A records to create"
+    type        = list(object({
+        name    = string
+        content = string
+    }))
+    default     = []
+}
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diff --git a/terraform/cloudflare/variables.auto.tfvars b/terraform/cloudflare/variables.auto.tfvars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6f793d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/cloudflare/variables.auto.tfvars
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+account_name = "balsillie"
+
+a_records = [
+    {name = "@", content = ""},
+    {name = "www", content = ""}
+]
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