# Setting up Discourse with SSL on Docker with AWS ELB breaks and returns 503 Service Unavailable (Back-end server is at capacity)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-with-ssl-on-docker-with-aws-elb-breaks-and-returns-503-service-unavailable-back-end-server-is-at-capacity/29098>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [May 21, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-with-ssl-on-docker-with-aws-elb-breaks-and-returns-503-service-unavailable-back-end-server-is-at-capacity/29098 "2015-05-21T23:52:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![schleifer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/schleifer/32/86416_2.png) [@schleifer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schleifer)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-with-ssl-on-docker-with-aws-elb-breaks-and-returns-503-service-unavailable-back-end-server-is-at-capacity/29098/13 "2021-02-25T06:42:14Z")

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The site you’re reading right now is hosted behind an AWS ELB.

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