{"id":6382,"date":"2021-05-07T14:33:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T09:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/?p=6382"},"modified":"2021-11-02T16:31:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T11:01:22","slug":"fixing-cloudflare-502-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/fixing-cloudflare-502-error\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix Cloudflare 502 error"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Usually, the error used to occur when Cloudflare doesn&#8217;t have contact with an origin web server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a part of&nbsp;our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/linux-server-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"color:#036d9a\" class=\"has-inline-color\">server management services<\/span><\/a>, we use to fix Cloudflare 502 error on your behalf. For further detailed information, you can contact our technical team support for any assistance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us today discuss the possible reasons and fixes for this error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding reason of cause Cloudflare 502 error<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cloudflare returns an HTTP 502 or 504 error when the origin web server responds with a standard HTTP 502 bad gateway or 504 gateway timeout error. A typical error message looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the common reasons for the error&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Excessive server load<\/li><li>Firewall restrictions<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fixing Cloudflare 502 error<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resolving the 502 error depending on the particular reason. proceed with the following steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Investigate excessive server load<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially, investigating the excessive server load that caused the error. sometimes due to crashes or network failures or excessive server loads the error used to trigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We often see that the underlying cause for 502 errors can be service failures for web server, mysql server etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mostly the 502 errors occur when the Web server in failed status in order to resolve this issue you need to restart the httpd service to make websites work normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Firewall restrictions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the web hosting servers are built-in firewall to block the bad traffic networks and some will be block servers based on country, whereas the websites will be served only to users from selected countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In such cases, a user accessing the website from a blocked network will see 502 errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, Most website owners depend upon third-party content delivery networks for faster loading of images, videos etc. on the websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So this firewall modification also needs to accommodate these third-party content delivery networks as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, the error used to occur when Cloudflare doesn&#8217;t have contact with an origin web server. 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