Dashboard overview
Navigating the Cloudflare dashboard and understanding its structure
Dashboard structure
The Cloudflare dashboard is organised into several main sections, accessible from the left sidebar. For managing your Next-Cloudflare-Turbo applications, you'll primarily work within three areas:
- Workers & Pages - Managing your deployed Next.js applications
- D1 - Database operations and queries
- Analytics & Logs - Performance monitoring and debugging
Main navigation
When you first log into dash.cloudflare.com, you'll see the main dashboard with your account overview.
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The left sidebar contains the primary navigation. Key sections for this project include:
Workers & Pages - Access your deployed applications, view logs, manage domains, and configure settings for your Next.js deployments.
R2 - Manage your R2 buckets used for caching and file storage. View usage statistics and configure bucket settings.
D1 - Access the D1 database console, run queries, view table structures, and manage migrations.
Analytics & Logs - View real-time logs, performance metrics, and usage data across all your Cloudflare services.
Account Home - Overview of your account activity, recent deployments, and quick access to common tasks.
Top navigation
The top bar provides account-level controls:
Account selector - Switch between multiple Cloudflare accounts if you manage more than one.
Search - Quickly find Workers, Pages projects, or dashboard features.
Notifications - View system notifications, deployment status, and important alerts.
Profile - Access account settings, API tokens, and billing information.
Workers & Pages section
This is where you'll spend most of your time managing deployed applications.
Click on any Worker or Pages project to access:
- Deployments - View deployment history and rollback if needed
- Settings - Configure environment variables, custom domains, and build settings
- Logs - Real-time request logs and error traces
- Metrics - Request rates, error rates, and performance data
D1 databases section
The D1 section provides a console for database operations.
Access it by clicking D1 in the left sidebar, then selecting your database from the list.
Within each database, you can:
- Console - Run SQL queries directly against your database
- Tables - Browse table structures and view data
- Metrics - Monitor query performance and database size
- Settings - View connection details and manage backups
The console is particularly useful for debugging production data issues or running one-off queries without deploying code changes.
Analytics and monitoring
Cloudflare provides several ways to monitor your applications:
Worker Analytics
Navigate to your Worker, then click the Analytics tab to see:
- Request volume over time
- Error rates and success rates
- Geographic distribution of requests
- Cache hit rates
Real-time Logs
The Logs tab (available in both Workers and D1 sections) provides:
- Real-time request streaming
- Filtered views by status code or time range
- Detailed error traces with stack information
- Request/response inspection
Logs are available for the past 24 hours on the free tier. Paid plans extend retention and provide more advanced filtering.
Account-level settings
Some settings apply across your entire Cloudflare account rather than individual Workers.
Access these by clicking your profile icon, then My Profile:
API Tokens - Create tokens for CI/CD pipelines or programmatic access. Required for some Wrangler commands.
Members - Manage team access if working with multiple developers.
Billing - View usage across all services, manage payment methods, and understand your current tier.
Notifications - Configure alerts for deployments, errors, or usage thresholds.
Most day-to-day work happens at the Worker level, not in account settings. You'll primarily use account settings for API token management.
Quick reference
Common tasks and where to find them:
| Task | Location |
|---|---|
| View deployment logs | Workers & Pages → [Your Worker] → Logs |
| Run database query | D1 → [Your Database] → Console |
| Check request metrics | Workers & Pages → [Your Worker] → Analytics |
| Manage environment variables | Workers & Pages → [Your Worker] → Settings → Variables |
| Create API token | Profile → My Profile → API Tokens |
| View billing usage | Profile → My Profile → Billing |
| Configure custom domain | Workers & Pages → [Your Worker] → Settings → Domains |
Next steps
Now that you understand the dashboard structure, explore specific features:
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