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title: Create a list of IPs or domains · Cloudflare Learning Paths
description: Gateway supports creating lists of IPs, hostnames, or other entries
  to reference in your policies.
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Gateway supports creating [lists](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/traffic-policies/lists/) of IPs, hostnames, or other entries to reference in your policies.

It is likely that you will be onboarding to the Cloudflare platform with some predetermined series of security policies. Maybe you have explicit deny lists based on hostnames, IPs, or another measure that tie to individual users. Maybe some networks can access certain apex records while others cannot.

The best way to migrate to Cloudflare in a way that will simplify ongoing maintenance is to build as many reusable objects as possible. Not only because that makes policy building simpler, but because as those applications, networks, and services organically change and grow, updates to the lists automatically update everywhere that the lists are applied.

## Create a list from a CSV file

To test uploading CSV lists, you can download a [sample CSV file](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/static/list-test.csv) of IP address ranges or copy the following into a file:

```csv
value,description
192.0.2.0/24,This is an IP address range in CIDR format
198.51.100.0/24,This is also an IP address range
203.0.113.0/24,This is the third IP address range
```

When you format a CSV file for upload:

* Each line should be a single entry that includes a value and an optional description.
* A header row must be present for Zero Trust to recognize descriptions.
* Trailing whitespace characters are not allowed.
* CRLF (Windows) and LF (Unix) line endings are valid.

To upload the list to Zero Trust:

* Dashboard

  1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **My Team** > **Lists**.
  2. Select **Upload CSV**.
  3. Next, specify a **List name**, enter an optional description, and choose a **List type**.
  4. Drag and drop a file into the **CSV file** window, or select a file.
  5. Select **Create**.

* Terraform (v5)

  1. Add the following permission to your [`cloudflare_api_token`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/api_token):

     * `Zero Trust Write`

  2. Decode the contents of the CSV file and store it as a local value:

     ```tf
     locals {
       ip_list = csvdecode(file("${path.module}/list-test.csv"))
     }
     ```

  3. Create a list using the [`cloudflare_zero_trust_list`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/zero_trust_list) resource:

     ```tf
     resource "cloudflare_zero_trust_list" "ips_from_csv" {
       account_id  = var.cloudflare_account_id
       name        = "IPs imported from CSV"
       description = "Managed by Terraform"
       type        = "IP"
       items       = local.ip_list
     }
     ```

You can now use this list in the policy builder by choosing the *in list* operator.

## Create a list manually

* Dashboard

  1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **My Team** > **Lists**.
  2. Select **Create manual list**.
  3. Next, specify a **List name**, enter an optional description, and choose a **List type**.
  4. Enter your list element manually into the **Add entry** field and select **Add**.
  5. Select **Save**.

* API

  Required API token permissions

  At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) is required:

  * `Zero Trust Write`

  ```bash
  curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/gateway/lists" \
    --request POST \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    --json '{
      "description": "Private application IPs",
      "items": [
          {
              "value": "10.226.0.177/32"
          },
          {
              "value": "10.226.1.177/32"
          }
      ],
      "name": "Corporate IP list",
      "type": "IP"
    }'
  ```

* Terraform (v5)

  1. Add the following permission to your [`cloudflare_api_token`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/api_token):

     * `Zero Trust Write`

  2. Create a list using the [`cloudflare_zero_trust_list`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/zero_trust_list) resource.

     Example list of IPs:

     ```tf
     resource "cloudflare_zero_trust_list" "wiki_IPs" {
       account_id  = var.cloudflare_account_id
       name        = "Company Wiki IP addresses"
       description = "Managed by Terraform"
       type        = "IP"
       items = [
         {
           description = "Example IP address range"
           value = "192.0.2.0/24",
         },
         {
           value = "198.51.100.0/24"
         }
       ]
     }
     ```

     Example list of domains:

     ```tf
     resource "cloudflare_zero_trust_list" "wiki_domains" {
       account_id  = var.cloudflare_account_id
       name        = "Company Wiki Domains"
       description = "Managed by Terraform"
       type        = "DOMAIN"
       items = [
         {
           value = "wiki.example.com"
         },
         {
           value = "wiki2.example.com"
         }]
     }
     ```

You can now use this list in the policy builder by choosing the *in list* operator.

Create lists in advance

Before moving on to create security policies, we recommend you create lists for your known domains, hosts, and IP addresses.
