# Making Amazon Cloundfront SSL with Cloudflare

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-amazon-cloundfront-ssl-with-cloudflare/44932
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 27, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-amazon-cloundfront-ssl-with-cloudflare/44932 "2016-05-27T07:49:34Z")
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### Author: ![ashishdungdung](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ashishdungdung/32/121431_2.png) [@ashishdungdung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ashishdungdung)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-amazon-cloundfront-ssl-with-cloudflare/44932/1 "2016-05-27T07:49:34Z")

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How did you make your Amazon Cloudfront SSL Work with Cloudflare ?

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### Author: ![nhtera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nhtera/32/116571_2.png) [@nhtera](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nhtera)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-amazon-cloundfront-ssl-with-cloudflare/44932/2 "2016-05-27T11:28:15Z")

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Hi @ashishdungdung,

Here is my settings:

- Cloudflare: setting SSL full (strict)
- Cloudfront SSL using Custom SSL Certificate ( ACM certificate ) 🙂

Good luck!

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### Author: ![ashishdungdung](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ashishdungdung/32/121431_2.png) [@ashishdungdung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ashishdungdung)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-amazon-cloundfront-ssl-with-cloudflare/44932/3 "2016-05-27T16:59:47Z")

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You mentioned you are using Cloudfront SSl using custom SSL certificate , are you using a paid plan of cloudflare or free plan ?

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### Author: ![nhtera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nhtera/32/116571_2.png) [@nhtera](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nhtera)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-amazon-cloundfront-ssl-with-cloudflare/44932/4 "2016-05-27T17:48:36Z")

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Hi @ashishdungdung,

You can get free SSL certificate with AWS Certificate Manager for CloudFront:

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/5/3/c53ce513cdb1dad4c93aee677be0f556b008cace.jpeg "Getting a free SSL certificate with AWS Certificate Manager for CloudFront (AWS howto)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbQbwum196g)

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### Author: ![ashishdungdung](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ashishdungdung/32/121431_2.png) [@ashishdungdung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ashishdungdung)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-amazon-cloundfront-ssl-with-cloudflare/44932/5 "2016-05-27T18:48:11Z")

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Buy the way, have you heard about Cloudflare Origin CA ?

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### Author: ![nhtera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nhtera/32/116571_2.png) [@nhtera](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nhtera)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-amazon-cloundfront-ssl-with-cloudflare/44932/6 "2016-05-28T04:29:12Z")

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Sorry, I just hear about it.

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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: [January 25, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-amazon-cloundfront-ssl-with-cloudflare/44932/7 "2019-01-25T05:55:40Z")

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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: [January 25, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-amazon-cloundfront-ssl-with-cloudflare/44932/8 "2022-01-25T19:38:50Z")

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