I’m currently trying to set up my first Ghost blog through the 1-Click app at DigitalOcean and I have a question regarding SSL encryption. During the Ghost installation process (Ghost-CLI), HTTPS gets automatically set up though Let’s Encrypt. However, I would like to use a Cloudflare account for D…

I think the information you’re looking for can be found on this post :slight_smile: [image] How to remove Let's encrypt SSL Developer help This might be more information than you asked for, but it’s a useful primer for using CloudFlare smile Cloudflare serves as a middlem…

Thanks a lot for your reply! I am not sure if I understand everything. Are you saying that we should keep both Let’s Encrypt and CloudFlare SSL? Also, what is the difference between Full and Full (strict)? Which one would you recommend?

Yes, you need both LE and CF SSL enabled if you want connections to your site to be fully secure :slight_smile: Here’s a breakdown of the CF SSL Options: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170416-What-do-the-SSL-options-mean- I use Full (Strict) 99% of the time :slight_smile:

Thank you very much, you’ve been very helpful! :grinning:

I have another question if you don’t mind :slight_smile: During the installation of Ghost (through DigitalOcean’s 1-Click app, I noticed that this message comes up during the setup: Once complete, you are encouraged to run mysql_secure_installation to ready your server for production. Do I need …

I’m not entirely sure, I haven’t run a set up via the 1-click installation :confused:

Ok no problem. Do you know why setting to “Full” works but setting it to “Full (Strict)” sends to a Bad Getaway error?

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vikaspotluri123 November 13, 2018, 11:34pm 2

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