My website host doesn't accept the cloudflare CA root certificate within the chain

What is the name of the domain?

zoheros.de

What is the error number?

none

What is the error message?

just a browser warning about a potential security risk

What is the issue you’re encountering

my website host rejects the Cloudflare Origin CA root certificate

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

followed the cloudflare documentation for installing origin CA under Origin CA certificates | Cloudflare SSL/TLS docs
used the root CA as the additional certificate in chain

Was the site working with SSL prior to adding it to Cloudflare?

Yes

What is the current SSL/TLS setting?

Full (strict)

What are the steps to reproduce the issue?

just try to open the website

A Cloudflare origin certificate is only trusted by Cloudflare, so requires use of the Cloudflare proxy. Your DNS records are set to “DNS only” and not “Proxied”…
https://cf.sjr.org.uk/tools/check?48518405f3d84992b004039243059bb2#dns

See…

4 Likes

Thank you so much for fast reply. I set it to DNS only because I had a redirect chain before. Didn’t understood that this is different with an origin Certificate.

This topic was automatically closed 2 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.