Can they work together? Do I need to have SSL from say like comodo, if I already enabled SSL on Cloudflare dashboard?
Yes, you need a certificate on your server as well. The Cloudflare cert secures the connection between the visitor and Cloudflare and your server cert secures the connection between Cloudflare and your server.
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I dont understand… Why do I need SSL between Cloudflare and my website?
Is it really free SSL from Cloudflare if the user is going to have to buy one from a paid service anyway?
Don’t get me wrong, I already have a paid SSL. Just trying to understand.
You generate a Cloudflare Origin CA certificate ( https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/ ) which lasts for ~15 years and is free.
There is no need for a paid certificate, but you do need a certificate - otherwise HTTPS between Cloudflare and your origin wouldn’t work, and data would be sent unencrypted (or rejected, depends on your SSL mode).
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Aha I get it now.
Can I do this if I don’t host my own site? My site is hosted by a hosting company.
As long as they have a utility for you to upload a certificate to be used against your site, yes.
It all depends on your host but see what format they want the certificate in, create it as per the documentation I linked & send it over to them - most of them just let you upload the certificate in an admin panel.
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