# Configure SSL for Enterprise Search with Cloudflare certificate

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-ssl-for-enterprise-search-with-cloudflare-certificate/250308
**Category:** Elastic Search
**Created:** [September 29, 2020, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-ssl-for-enterprise-search-with-cloudflare-certificate/250308 "2020-09-29T07:46:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![dmm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dmm/32/48003_2.png) [@dmm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dmm)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2020, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-ssl-for-enterprise-search-with-cloudflare-certificate/250308/1 "2020-09-29T07:46:59Z")

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Config:

ent\_search.ssl.enabled: true  
ent\_search.ssl.key: '/usr/share/elasticsearch/usr/share/enterprise-search/cloudflare\_ssl/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key'  
ent\_search.ssl.certificate: '/usr/share/elasticsearch/usr/share/enterprise-search/cloudflare\_ssl/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem'  
ent\_search.ssl.certificate\_authorities: ['/usr/share/elasticsearch/usr/share/enterprise-search/cloudflare\_ssl/origin\_ca\_rsa\_root.pem']

ent\_search.listen\_host: 12.345.67.891  
ent\_search.external\_url: [https://subdomain.domain.com:3002](https://subdomain.domain.com:3002)

Please help

Thank you!

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### Author: ![dmm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dmm/32/48003_2.png) [@dmm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dmm)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-ssl-for-enterprise-search-with-cloudflare-certificate/250308/2 "2020-09-29T09:31:08Z")

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Solved. There was a problem with the certificate, so I switched to Let's Encrypt

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2022, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-ssl-for-enterprise-search-with-cloudflare-certificate/250308/3 "2022-11-04T08:14:14Z")

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