Cloudflare causing 508 error?

Capo Dei Capi

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I just tried using cloudflare on my site, and it was running well for a few minutes but then my site started running very slow and I've been getting 508 Resource is Limited errors? Is it possible that cloudflare is causing this or is it unrelated to cloudflare?

 

tompots

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Was your site fast before using Cloudflare? I use MAXCDN, they are very
good and consitent. If your using wordpress use MAXCDN in cunjunction with
W3 Total Cache.
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maxcdn

Code:

https://www.maxcdn.com/

W3 Total Cache

Code:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/

 

Capo Dei Capi

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It was pretty fast for most of my traffic, I was just trying to improve the speeds in places like China since it takes about 4-5 seconds to load there.

 

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Nicheblogger

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Check the minify settings in cloudflare performance settings. If you are already mifying using w3 or something this could very well be the issue.

 

tompots

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Take a look at this link, you may be able to find some good tips there about using cloudflare.

Code:

https://www.google.com/search?q=cloudflare+best+practices

 

Capo Dei Capi

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It might have been wordfence live logging that may have caused the 508 and not cloudflare. Its just I didn't get the error for as long as I did after using cloudflare for first time, I disabled the live logging and going to check out my logs for the next 1 to 1 1/2 weeks before adding cloudflare after reading more about it.

 

Last edited: Apr 14, 2015

Mr Jack

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Sounds like an error from CF's side. Contact them ?

 

Gogol

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• Apr 16, 2015

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Is your site having bandwidth issues?If not, then I would say, don't fix something if it isn't broken. Try sending fewer requests instead of going with cloudflare. I had posted a tutorial on website optimization. check it out if you want to

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...14-guide-make-your-web-pages-load-faster.html

 

Last edited: Apr 16, 2015

Capo Dei Capi

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I was able to fix it and got my site running smoothly with cloudflare, I think it just took a few minutes of getting the DNS fully updated.

 

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olivomichael

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A 508? Isn't that an error that signifies a resource overload (e.g. CPU, RAM, etc.) that is being requested beyond its set limit in the server, virtual or otherwise? Is this even a Cloudflare specific error? Cloudflare is a reverse proxy, isn't it? That error seems to be a typical 508 error: resource overload.​