Hi, I’m getting the following error when I try and use traefik with cloudflare as my dns, I have the right api key in my compose file, if someone can help it would be appreciated? Note: even though I’m getting this error I’m still getting google trust certs from cloudflare but I wanna use let’s …

I found the problem… I’m using a cloud vps and the built in firewall was blocking access, when I turned it off it grabbed a certificate straight away such a small problem for a whole day wasted trying to find a solution.

Cloudflare zone errors are mostly mentioned here, when sub-sub-domains are used, but the sub-domain in CF has not been created. It could also be that the credentials don’t work for the domain. Finally there seems to be a network issue, but that would rather be Docker related. Using a VPN or Pi-Hol…

problem with obtaining certs

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problem with obtaining certs

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