# Cloudflare with Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-with-discourse/137456>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 31, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-with-discourse/137456 "2019-12-31T16:36:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-with-discourse/137456/41 "2020-01-03T02:39:19Z")

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> [@Eduardo\_Braga](#):
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> I have to redo the installation, but can I continue with the same IP?

There’s no reason you’d need a different IP.

> [@Eduardo\_Braga](#):
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> I don’t think it’s the certificate problem,

There may be other problems, but this will be a definite blocker.

> [@Eduardo\_Braga](#):
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> I tried several different servers and configurations.

…which is your problem. Let’s Encrypt will only issue five certs for a given set of FQDNs within a week. You exhausted that limit within 45 minutes. Once you did that, any further attempt at installation was guaranteed to fail.

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