# Old Multisite Domains Still Serving Default Forum After Disabling Multisite

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-multisite-domains-still-serving-default-forum-after-disabling-multisite/351365
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 9, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-multisite-domains-still-serving-default-forum-after-disabling-multisite/351365 "2025-02-09T21:09:08Z")
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### Author: ![Abdelrahman\_MoHamed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/abdelrahman_mohamed/32/467712_2.png) [@Abdelrahman\_MoHamed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Abdelrahman_MoHamed)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-multisite-domains-still-serving-default-forum-after-disabling-multisite/351365/3 "2025-02-10T13:30:54Z")

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Thanks @pfaffman , We attempted to switch from a **multisite** setup to a **[standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true)**, but the issue still persists.

### What We Did:

1. **Removed the Discourse Installation:**

- Deleted the entire `/var/discourse` directory.

1. **Reinstalled Discourse:**

- Cloned the Discourse repo again.
- Recreated `app.yml` with the necessary configurations.

1. **Rebuilt the App:**

- Ran `./launcher rebuild app`.

1. **Updated DNS:**

- Pointed the domain to the new server.
- Set Cloudflare to **DNS-only** mode to allow SSL certificate issuance.

### Additional Issue with SSL:

- When we enabled **SSL in `app.yml`** and disabled Cloudflare proxy, we encountered the following issue even after enabling SSL

 ![The image shows a computer screen displaying a warning page from a website called "forum.mamapedia.com" indicating that it does not support a secure connection and suggesting the user continue to the site and learn more about the warning. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/3/e/23e39f7b32224781454ee6d54f8c74776afbb346.jpeg)

### Questions:

1. Could the issue be related to not restoring a database backup?
2. Are there additional steps needed to clean up old multisite configurations?
3. What’s the proper way to enable SSL in this setup without running into issues?

Would appreciate any guidance from those who’ve done this before!

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