# 403 forbidden and other errors

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-and-other-errors/219925
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 3, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-and-other-errors/219925 "2022-03-03T05:21:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![poyrazdursuncan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/poyrazdursuncan/32/204976_2.png) [@poyrazdursuncan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/poyrazdursuncan)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-and-other-errors/219925/1 "2022-03-03T05:21:48Z")

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I am getting 403 forbidden error. I cannot change the setting. I can’t create a topic and there are more problems. I added WAF last. once i got 429 rate limit error. how can i fix the problem?

**browser console**

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/a/2a0d703d7a952555b9bc67c6918302ef7334a2a8.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/0/f0e55d324739763ebd5d2042ca565b9e0a9903fb.png)

**browser network**

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/b/cb5b275ae1bb1f88460cbc99cd3838ff051aed95.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/1/91d8ef4aeef29f1e1964b6fc6919c3e50b81d5b8.png)

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### Author: ![poyrazdursuncan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/poyrazdursuncan/32/204976_2.png) [@poyrazdursuncan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/poyrazdursuncan)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-and-other-errors/219925/2 "2022-03-03T09:51:13Z")

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Console error when an operation fails.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/f/2f62fbf3b20de770047f9f100d9d95446772d678.png)

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-and-other-errors/219925/3 "2022-03-03T10:01:35Z")

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I’m afraid I don’t have any experience with WAF, but a search has turned up a couple of topics which may/may not be useful?

[How to build a Discourse Installation with an Open Source WAF](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-build-a-discourse-installation-with-an-open-source-waf/130283)

[Discourse + Web Application Firewall (WAF) mod\_security](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-web-application-firewall-waf-mod-security/133612)

Is WAF something you definitely need?

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-and-other-errors/219925/4 "2022-03-03T10:45:14Z")

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How did you install discourse? If this a [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true)?

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### Author: ![poyrazdursuncan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/poyrazdursuncan/32/204976_2.png) [@poyrazdursuncan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/poyrazdursuncan)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-and-other-errors/219925/5 "2022-03-03T14:48:55Z")

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Fixing the WAF configuration fixed the issue.

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### Author: ![osioke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osioke/32/238946_2.png) [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-and-other-errors/219925/6 "2022-03-03T16:47:55Z")

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