Shared Hosting and Error 502 messages

[digitalentrepreneurt]

Is anyone else experiencing lots of Error 502 messages with the Cloudflare account, (when using this service with shared hosting?).

I read online, after creating my free Cloudflare account that Cloudflare is not any good for websites that use shared hosting.

I’m wondering if I should close my Cloudflare account?

Open to suggestions…

Thanks,

[sdayman]

@digitalentrepreneurt

Cloudflare is not any good for websites that use shared hosting.

That statement is in no way accurate.

5xx errors usually come from the host.

Community Tip - Fixing Error 502 / 504: Bad Gateway

Error Try the suggestions in this Community Tip to help you fix Error 502 / Error 504: Bad Gateway / Gateway Timeout. Background The 502 / 504 errors are quite similar. Generally, a HTTP 502 / 504 errors occurs because your origin server (e.g., your web host) is returning this code to us, and Cloudflare returns this code in turn to your visitors. They are caused by a problem connecting to an upstream server - meaning your server is trying to initiate a process and this fails to work as expect…

[digitalentrepreneurt]

Thanks for your input sdayman, i’ll try digging deeper into the 502 issue.