# HTTPS through Proxy; Discourse still trying to get files using HTTP

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-through-proxy-discourse-still-trying-to-get-files-using-http/146749
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [April 3, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-through-proxy-discourse-still-trying-to-get-files-using-http/146749 "2020-04-03T19:40:58Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-through-proxy-discourse-still-trying-to-get-files-using-http/146749/25 "2020-04-04T08:59:42Z")

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Turn off cloudflare rocket loader. It’s breaking your site, as you can see in the error message.

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### Author: ![CRUGG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/crugg/32/161184_2.png) [@CRUGG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CRUGG)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-through-proxy-discourse-still-trying-to-get-files-using-http/146749/26 "2020-04-04T09:13:27Z")

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Didn’t know this was enabled. Thanks! It’s all working now finally!  
For anyone else, those are the steps I did:

> [@CRUGG](#):
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> I just noticed that I can just enable HTTPs via Discourse and since Discourse is running on the Default Ports, I can just put community.website.tld on the IP of Server 2.

> [@Stephen](#):
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> Turn Cloudflare off for now. Unless you’re frequently attacked it’s a cause of more hurt than good.
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> If the orange cloud is enabled Discourse can’t enrol the certificate from Let’s Encrypt.

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Turn off cloudflare rocket loader. It’s breaking your site, as you can see in the error message.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-through-proxy-discourse-still-trying-to-get-files-using-http/146749/27 "2020-05-04T09:13:31Z")

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