Name server not reflecting on Ionos
My site is hosted on Ionos. I changed registrar to Cloudflare a couple of days ago to save a few $$ (would not have done this if I had known it would be such a hassle with the NS and other things).
Anyways, I was told the SSL certificate on Ionos needs to have Ionons name servers to work. I enter the Ionos NS on cloudflare for my domain. Its been more than 30 hours since I made the NS edits and I still get a "no secure connection" error. I guess the connection works but the security doesn't pass muster.
I know it takes 24-48 hours for the NS to propagate. Do I wait another day or is there anything else I can do?
Thank you in advance for your inputs.
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Domains using Cloudflare Registrar cannot use non-Cloudflare nameservers
Hi, thank you for your inputs.
So I choose the option to use Cloudflare's name servers, correct?
how do I edit the DNS records in this case?
and is it better to have proxy enabled?
and for the DNS and other info to propagate, does it really take 48 hours?
for the upper limit?
Proxy gives you a lot of things, including the WAF, Automatic SSL, Rules, etc., but it depends on your individual needs, and what kind of traffic you are serving
Yeah, that's the ballpark. I've seen DNS rollouts in a few seconds, but it all depends on which DNS resolver you/your users are using
understood. Thank you for your inputs. 🙂
Hi there, sorry for the bother - I have changed the name servers to cloudflare's and have updated the A and CNAME records to point to my domain at Ionos. When I try to go to my domain on any browser I keep getting the message: "Cloudflare is unable to establish an SSL connection to the origin server."
any idea what might be the issues?
Thanks again, and sorry for the bother
What's the domain?
In general, you might want to set the DNS record to DNS-Only first and see if that works.
Hi, the domain is mentalwealthpod.com. The issue is with the SSL certificate. Not sure how to address this. Ionos is saying that since CF is manaing the name server there is not much they can do. I am sure other domains work with Ionos and CF name servers. Just need some help to see if my DNS and other things are set up correctly. Also anything I need to check on Ionos side.
Yes, I removed the proxy on CF for the A and CNAME records.
I can help you dm me.
@iridium_red
Thank you very much. Sending you a message.
I currently see ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS. This is usually caused by using the Flexible SSL option instead of Full (Strict) - please try switching to that.
Sure. Will do. Thank you for taking a look.