# Backup domain name: cloudflare killed my forum

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-domain-name-cloudflare-killed-my-forum/388821
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** cloudflare
**Created:** [18 בנובמבר,‏ 2025,‏ 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-domain-name-cloudflare-killed-my-forum/388821 "2025-11-18T13:22:09Z")
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### Author: ![Isambard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@Isambard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Isambard)
#### Post date: [18 בנובמבר,‏ 2025,‏ 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-domain-name-cloudflare-killed-my-forum/388821/1 "2025-11-18T13:22:09Z")

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OK. I have cloudflare as a proxy in front of discourse. Cloudflare is currently down and the problem I have is I cannot even log onto cloudflare to re-configure the DNS to bypass their servers.

So currently, I cannot access discourse via its normal domain name.

I was wondering if it is possible to configure a backup domain name which can be used which I would then bypass cloudflare and have discourse respond with this alternative name i.e. not re-write to default.

e.g. if my normal forum is [myforum.com](http://myforum.com), then i setup [backup.myforum.com](http://backup.myforum.com) as an alternative.

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