There’s a lot of back and forth in this community about using Cloudflare. Some people say it works just fine without any problems and others warn that the sky will fall if they use it. Either way, most of this info is very dated, from 2 years to nearly a decade ago. Personally, I’m using Cloudflar…

Please don’t tag team members, if they want to weigh in they will.

??? I tagged the creator of Discourse. We can go back and forth all day about where Discourse stands in 2022 concerning Cloudflare, but until we hear it from the horse’s mouth, it’s more speculation than a definitive answer. How would he possibly even know that anyone’s asking for his thoughts in …

[image] oopsyscoops: I would really like to see someone weigh in on this in 2022. There was an issue just last week that had to do with people seeing ads when they shouldn’t that it was pretty clear was an issue with cloudflare. Turning it off is always one of the first things to do. Lots of …

Here’s the thing. Caching/combining/minification notoriously breaks JS, regardless of the software or CDN combo being used. I’ve seen this common issue with a dozen other tools/services. When dealing with novices, their browser cache alone is a constant pain to educate them about. I’ve managed large…

[image] oopsyscoops: I get the feeling that most (if not all) of the fear around using Cloudflare with Discourse is based on issues from years ago. No, that is not true. We see issues with Cloudflare in combination with Discourse on a very frequent basis. [image] oopsyscoops: However, a…

[image] Jay Pfaffman: Hey @JammyDodger , I think it’s time for a cloudflare faq (though it’s not the first time I suggested it). You can get Jeff and Sam to weigh in. That would be welcomed since we have mixed opinions from different users :person_shrugging: [image] I can't l…

We’ve got a FAQ for Cloudflare and how to (not) configure it for Discourse. It applies to self-hosted instances as well. [image] Using Cloudflare - Communiteq There are some special things you need to pay attention to when using Cloudflare with our Discourse hosting. In general, just us…

[image] Richard - Communiteq: No, that is not true. We see issues with Cloudflare in combination with Discourse on a very frequent basis. I don’t doubt this, but I think you missed the distinction I was trying to get to the bottom of. Is it actually, specifically Cloudflare that’s the problem…

Since we must avoid certain settings, and meta users said things like All CloudFlare can do for you is hide your IP and act as a CDN for your uploads. The benefits are minimal and The performance benefits of Cloudflare, if any, will be small. Is there a definitive and straightforward answer …

[image] oopsyscoops: Is it actually, specifically Cloudflare that’s the problem, or is it really just the fact that optimization tools of this nature can easily break JS in general? It’s not just about breaking JS. It’s also about proxying and making port 80 inaccessible, breaking LetsEncrypt…

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That would be welcomed since we have mixed opinions from different users

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