Ariadne Conill 🐰Nov 21, 2022
hi yes, please don't put your fediverse instance behind cloudflare, it really really really fucks up federation
Show threadAriadne Conill 🐰Nov 21, 2022

this is because cloudflare sometimes intercepts (and even blocks) cross-server API calls.

this is a problem with any ddos mitigation proxy service.

Show threadDoridianNov 21, 2022
@ariadne could you get around that by setting the security level to "essentially off"? That should turn off their blocking, I think.
Show threadAriadne Conill 🐰Nov 21, 2022
@Doridian yes, but cloudflare is a shit company anyway
Show threadCodfish  
@ariadne @Doridian morally maybe, but they're unfortunately very useful for stuff like cdn and ddos protection for free or a low price
Nov 21, 2022 at 7:19pmWeb
Show threadMark Shane HaydenNov 21, 2022
@codfish246 @Doridian The CDN service doesn't interfere with mastodon too much, but I really strongly suggest to ditch the DDoS protectuon. Your instance may work OK at the start but over time you will randomly have more and more federation issues. There is a really good chance it will cause you tears and rage.