# Solved: Error 526 Invalid SSL Certificate

## Problem

Getting Error 526: Invalid SSL certificate Cloudflare error.

### Cause of the problem

Error 526 indicates Cloudflare is unable to successfully validate the SSL
certificate on the origin web server and the SSL setting in the Cloudflare
SSL/TLS app is set to Full SSL (Strict) for the website.

## Solution

1. If the origin server is configured to use a self-signed certificate, install
   a valid certificate on your origin server. To test to see if your origin has
   a self-signed certificate, run the following cURL command and replace the
   `http://example.com` with your domain and `123.123.123.123` with your origin
   IP.

```bash
curl -svo /dev/null --resolve example.com:443:123.123.123.123 https://example.com/
```

The response from an origin server with a self-signed certificate will
contain `SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate`. A self-signed
certificate secures the connection between Cloudflare and your origin but will
cause a 526 error when you try to connect to the origin directly.

1. Check to make sure the certificate hasn’t expired, the certificate isn’t
   revoked, and that the certificate is signed by a certificate authority
2. Check to make sure the requested domain name (hostname) is in the
   certificate’s Common Name or Subject Alternative Name (SAN) configuration