/cloudflare-one-migrations

name: cloudflare-one-migrations
description: Assess and plan migrations from existing VPN, SWG, or SASE platforms to Cloudflare One, including policy mapping, parity gaps, and rollout.

Cloudflare One Migrations

Retrieve current Cloudflare docs, Cloudflare API schemas, and source-vendor export docs before generating exact configuration.

Workflow

1. Identify the source stack: Zscaler ZIA, Zscaler ZPA, Palo Alto NGFW/Prisma/GlobalProtect, legacy VPN/SWG/SD-WAN, or other. 2. Request exports and logs before mapping. Prefer structured exports over screenshots or prose summaries. 3. Build an inventory: identities, groups, apps, destinations, connectors/tunnels, DNS/URL/firewall/DLP/TLS policies, objects/lists, locations/sites, exceptions, hit counts, and compliance logging. 4. Produce a mapping plan: source object, Cloudflare One target resource, confidence, prerequisites, unsupported/partial mappings, and manual decisions. 5. Create dependencies first: identity/[SCIM](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/team-and-resources/users/scim/), connectors/on-ramps, routes/DNS, lists/objects, TLS bypasses, Access apps/policies, Gateway policies, DLP/CASB, logging. 6. Stage safely: use a migration prefix, create disabled/audit-mode rules by default, pilot with small groups/sites, compare logs, then expand rollout. 7. Account for every source rule. Each rule must map to a Cloudflare object or an explicit Not Migrated row with reason and security impact.

Exports To Ask For

• ZIA: URL filtering, firewall filtering, SSL inspection, DLP, custom URL categories, IP groups, network services/service groups, users/groups/departments, locations, GRE tunnels, and static IPs.
• ZPA: app segments, segment groups, server groups, app connectors/connector groups, access policies, IdP/group mapping, private DNS domains, ports, and protocols.
• Palo Alto/Prisma: security/NAT/decryption rules, address/service objects and groups, URL categories, HIP profiles, GlobalProtect config, Prisma Access remote network/service connection config, zones, tags, logs, and hit counts.

Mapping Heuristics

• ZIA/SWG policies usually map to [Gateway traffic policies](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/traffic-policies/) and Gateway lists.
• ZPA private app access usually maps to [Access application types](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/applications/choose-application-type/), [Cloudflare Tunnel](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/), private network routing/DNS, and [Access policies](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/policies/).
• Palo Alto rules map only after understanding traffic direction, zones, objects, users, apps, decryption, and hit counts. Do not flatten zones blindly into lists.
• Legacy VPN replacement is usually Access + Cloudflare One Client / WARP + Tunnel or Mesh for app access. Use [Cloudflare WAN](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-wan/) only when site-to-site traffic is required; use the [Network VPN migration design guide](https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/design-guides/network-vpn-migration/) and [Replace your VPN](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/setup/replace-vpn/) docs for current patterns.

Migration Assessment Prompts

• Source coverage: which products are in scope, which exports are available, and whether screenshots/prose summaries are hiding missing object files.
• Rule volume and hit data: counts by rule type, disabled/stale rules, no-hit rules, high-hit rules, and business-critical exceptions.
• Object dependencies: address objects, service objects, groups, custom categories, network services, app IDs, zones, tags, connectors, and server groups.
• Identity readiness: IdP, SCIM/group sync, group-name normalization, individual-user rules, local groups, service accounts, and contractor identities.
• TLS/DLP readiness: source decryption rules, certificate-pinned bypasses, [DLP](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/data-loss-prevention/) engines/profiles, custom regex, exact-match data, and payload logging expectations.
• Connectivity readiness: source tunnels/connectors, private DNS, [Split Tunnels](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/team-and-resources/devices/cloudflare-one-client/configure/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) or bypass behavior, source IP preservation, [egress IP](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/traffic-policies/egress-policies/) allowlists, and site-to-site requirements.
• Rollout readiness: pilot groups/sites, parallel-run period, rollback owner, source-stack decommission criteria, and monitoring/log comparison plan.

Source-Specific Traps

Zscaler ZIA / SWG

• Custom URL categories often split into separate IP, domain, and URL lists. Count the generated lists, not just source categories.
• ZIA locations with IPs are useful as source IP lists; they are not automatically [Gateway DNS locations](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/resolvers-and-proxies/dns/locations/) for DNS policy scoping.
• GRE tunnel source IPs can inform policy conditions, but the transport migration is a separate WARP Connector or Cloudflare WAN workstream.
• CAUTION/warn behavior has no exact Gateway equivalent. Treat it as an explicit customer decision, not a silent allow/block choice.
• DLP engines and custom regex usually require manual Cloudflare DLP profile recreation. Placeholder policies must not be enabled as if DLP is complete.
• Network application groups and unsupported protocols are partial mappings. Review them before enablement.
• If SCIM is unavailable, identity-scoped source rules become overly broad unless you add an enforceable alternative such as user/email lists. Check [Gateway identity selectors](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/traffic-policies/identity-selectors/) before creating those rules.

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