# Unable to activate account

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-activate-account/127802>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 6, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-activate-account/127802 "2019-09-06T12:39:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-activate-account/127802/12 "2019-09-06T20:00:51Z")

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There’s definitely something wrong with your https. Did you enable https by providing an email address to `./discourse-setup`? Do you have some reverse proxy or other device forwarding traffic to the domain?

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