Pools
A pool is a group of origin servers, with each origin identified by its IP address or hostname.
If you are familiar with DNS terminology, think of a pool as a “record set,” except Cloudflare only returns addresses that are considered healthy. You can attach health checks to individual pools for customized monitoring.
Properties
For an up-to-date list of pool properties, refer to Pool properties in our API documentation.
Create pools
For step-by-step guidance, refer to Create pools.
Per origin Host header override
When your application needs specialized routing (CNAME setup or custom hosts like Heroku), change the Host header used in health checks. For more details, refer to Override HTTP Host headers.
API commands
The Cloudflare API supports the following commands for pools. Examples are given for user-level endpoint but apply to the account-level endpoint as well.
| Command | Method | Endpoint |
|---|---|---|
| Create Pool | POST | accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools |
| Delete Pool | DELETE | accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id |
| List Pools | GET | accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools |
| Pool Details | GET | accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id |
| Pool Health Details | GET | account/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id/health |
| Overwrite specific properties | PATCH | accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id |
| Overwrite existing pool | PUT | accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id |
| Preview Pool | POST | account/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id/preview |
| List Pool References | GET | accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id/references |