# 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:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-through-proxy-discourse-still-trying-to-get-files-using-http/146749/23 "2020-04-03T21:27:50Z")

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Turn Cloudflare off for now. Unless you’re frequently attacked it’s a cause of more hurt than good.

If the orange cloud is enabled Discourse can’t enrol the certificate from Let’s Encrypt.

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