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What is the best DNS record to make www resolve to non-www - A, AAAA or CNAME?
Cloudflare said Add an A, AAAA, or CNAME record for www so that *mywebsite.com* will resolve
So which record is the best to resolve it? A, AAAA or CNAME?
And should I enter the record NAME to be www.mysite.com or just www?

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Error 502 Bad Gateway with Cloudflare and DigitalOcean server with Name.com registrar. My site doesn't work
I did some changes in configurations in these hours. Site still doesn't work.
My current configuration is:
Name.com: I put there the Cloudflare nameservers.
DigitalOcean panel: I made that the domain points to my server ip.
Cloudflare: says that…

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Correctly point DNS to subdomain from cloudflare to cpanel server?
I have a CPANEL server hosting some websites and webmails, a couple of days ago I was asked to add SSL security to this websites and decided to use cloud flare to do this. So I added the domain in cloud flare and automatically imported the DNS…

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Cloudflare stops website working as it is enabled
My website is usign Cloudflare to manage its DNS records. I've installed SSL using LetsEncrypt on my website and everything works well when Cloudflare is disabled. As I enable Cloudflare, my website can not be reached anymoer. The SSL configuration…

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AWS cost explosion with "first 10 TB / month data transfer out beyond the global free tier"
Our costs have really exploded at AWS for a simple EC2 Wordpress installation (and MySQL RDS service) for bandwidth cost. It is listed on the AWS Bill as:
first 10 TB / month data transfer out beyond the global free tier
Everything (EC2, RDS, S3) is…

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website not loading the updated css files
I have been using cloudflare for almost all of my projects and i've been trying to set it up for my new project but there is a really strange problem i'm facing.
so when i update .css files from the server the changes don't get effected when i load…

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Unknown PTR record in DNS; it’s not there in Cloudflare DNS Settings
(1.) There is an extra, unwanted, unexpected, unadded PTR record in my DNS settings, with value set to the Domain Name "mediati.net". You can see it here in MxToolbox Reverse Lookup:
MxToolbox shows unwanted PTR TXT record
(2.) cPanel also notices…

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Recommendations/Advice for Web Caching with SSL
I've been using Varnish Cache for a few websites. However, I need advice for implementing HTTPS. I am open to alternatives to Varnish Cache. The configuration of Varnish is relatively complex, so perhaps a less advanced alternative would be better…

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Tomcat with IIS behind Cloudflare reverse proxy unable to connect
I'm running Tomcat 9 with IIS 10 using AJP13 by following this guide.
Everything works as long as it's not proxied through Cloudflare.
However, once I proxy it, I'm getting the following error in the isapi_redirect.log.
[info]…

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fail2ban fails to send banned IPs to Cloudflare
I am running a WordPress site on a CentOS 7 server. I have fail2ban installed and working, and have verified that it is adding IPs to iptables. I just added Cloudflare to the site, and now I'm trying to get fail2ban working with the Cloudflare v4…

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iptables not blocking IP from access to HTTP/HTTPS
I'm having issues blocking certain IP addresses access to HTTP/HTTPS ports via iptables on my CentOS 7.7 webserver.
The problem is when I add the IP address to iptables, and confirm it is in the rules, it doesn't block the IP address from accessing…

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How can I tell if my DNS A record has updated successfully?
I migrated a site from one host to another host. The records are held with Cloudflare.
I changed the IP address from the old IP address to the new one in the A record. When I use a tool such as whatsmydns it shows neither IP address but an IP…

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Can cloudflare cause /etc/hosts entries to be ignored?
I've frequently used /etc/hosts to hop back and forth between servers for a domain and also to test if it's serving correctly before a deployment.
However, in this latest case I've used cloudflare for DNS. For some reason I cannot serve (get a HTTP…

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Is ssl CName important for search engine?
My site is under cloudflare and of course I am using free ssl from their side.
So, what what can I have sanctions on the site from the search engines while using free ssl?
Or what benefits will I have after dedicated ssl?

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No static file is cached
I have set up CloudFlare for my website http://www.funfun.org.cn, the caching level is Standard and The development mode is Disabled.
By loading the home page http://www.funfun.org.cn/1/#/home, I can see Server: cloudflare in the response header.…

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