# How does Lets Encrypt work when I use Cloudflare proxy with SSL?

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-does-lets-encrypt-work-when-i-use-cloudflare-proxy-with-ssl/198979>\
**Category:** Issuance Tech\
**Created:** [May 25, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-does-lets-encrypt-work-when-i-use-cloudflare-proxy-with-ssl/198979 "2023-05-25T10:39:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![nestnepal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@nestnepal](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/nestnepal)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-does-lets-encrypt-work-when-i-use-cloudflare-proxy-with-ssl/198979/1 "2023-05-25T10:39:45Z")

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Hi, I have a website : [https://nestnepal.com/](https://nestnepal.com/). Now, I have turned on Cloudflare Proxy for it, but I would like to use the SSL generated from Lets Encrypt. How do I do that? I want to enjoy the Proxy service with SSL from Lets Encrypt.

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**Author:** ![\_az](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/22d042/32.png) [@\_az](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/_az)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-does-lets-encrypt-work-when-i-use-cloudflare-proxy-with-ssl/198979/2 "2023-05-25T10:53:17Z")

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Cloudflare will let you use your own SSL certificate if you have a Business plan with them. Otherwise, if you want to use the HTTP proxy service they provide, they will use their own certificate.

Your Let's Encrypt certificate is still doing a job, it is securing the connection between your origin and the Cloudflare servers.

This might be a question better asked on [https://community.cloudflare.com/](https://community.cloudflare.com/).

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-does-lets-encrypt-work-when-i-use-cloudflare-proxy-with-ssl/198979/3 "2023-06-24T10:54:17Z")

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