# Troubleshooting "BAD CSRF" error on initial site setup?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-bad-csrf-error-on-initial-site-setup/97059
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [12.Сентябрь.2018 17:23:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-bad-csrf-error-on-initial-site-setup/97059 "2018-09-12T17:23:19Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [12.Сентябрь.2018 20:51:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-bad-csrf-error-on-initial-site-setup/97059/5 "2018-09-12T20:51:42Z")

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This happens when SSL is badly configured. Most of the times a header is missing from the reverse proxy config.

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