anyone good w wordpress, ssl, cloudflare
im tryna set up wordpress server on ubuntu but the SSL cert is being REALLY weird.
it took me like 6 years to fix ssl just not working now its giving this error. i have tried remaking the cert
I also have it enabled on Cloud flares end. do i have to change anything. on CF end or is it ubuntu/Apache being weird
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Without knowing the domain to test further, I would say that you are using an Cloudflare origin certificate without proxying the record
the certificate details button visible in the first screenshot would confirm that
cgs-development.xyz
Yeah, as suspected, that domain is not proxied so the origin certificate will show as not trusted. You either need to proxy the record or use a publicly trusted certificate
proxy as in turn it on in DNS
Correct. The DNS record needs to be :cloudflare:
it is
i proxied it and its still not working
Can you unproxy again. I want to take a closer look at the cert
unproxied
Okay I should of looked at the first time better. The certificate covering the site isn't for SSL. You need to get a certificate that can be used for SSL. Maybe look at the Cloudflare Origin CA certificates. https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/#1-create-an-origin-ca-certificate
Cloudflare Docs
Origin CA certificates · Cloudflare SSL/TLS docs
Origin Certificate Authority (CA) certificates allow you to encrypt traffic between Cloudflare and your origin web server, and reduce origin bandwidth consumption.
i did what it said and its still not working
Now proxy the record
didnt work
Works for me