---
title: "Using Free Cloudflare for SSL on OpenCart 1.5"
description: "Many people have decided to use the free CloudFlare CDN service with their website. The free option does not allow the use of SSL through CloudFlare. However, there is a workaround that lets you use..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/opencart/free-cloudflare-opencart-ssl/
date: 2014-06-05
modified: 2023-12-22
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["OpenCart"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Using Free Cloudflare for SSL on OpenCart 1.5

Many people have decided to use the free [CloudFlare CDN service](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/setting-up-cloudflare/) with their website. The free option does not allow the use of SSL through CloudFlare. However, there is a workaround that lets you use it with your OpenCart site.

CLoudFlare uses the www subdomain to route through CloudFlare’s servers. This allows your site *www.example.com* to be seen via the cached version oncloudflare as opposed to processing directly from InMotion’s servers. However, by setting up the HTTPS configuration to use the NON-www version of your site for SSL (*example.com*) then the visitor will be routed past the CloudFlare servers directly to the InMotion servers.

This change will need to be made by editing the *config.php* file for your OpenCart. Below are the step by step instructions.

1. [Log into your cPanel dashboard](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/).
2. Using the [File Manager](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/cpanel/using-file-manager-in-cpanel/), navigate to the root folder for your OpenCart.
3. Open the **config.php** file for editing.
4. Ensure the HTTP and HTTPS settings are set up similar to the code listed below. Make sure you replace *example.com* with your own domain name. // HTTP define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://www.example.com'); // HTTPS define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://example.com');
5. Save the file by clicking the **Save Changes** button in the upper right corner.
6. Staying in the File Manager, navigate to the *admin/config.php* file.
7. Open it for editing.
8. Set the HTTP and HTTPS settings similar to the following, remembering to replace *example.com* with your own domain name.
9. // HTTP define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://www.example.com/admin/'); define('HTTP_CATALOG', 'https://www.example.com/'); // HTTPS define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://example.com/admin/'); define('HTTPS_CATALOG', 'https://exmple.com/');
10. Click the **Save Changes** button to save the file.

Now when your site is visited via non-www, it will route through InMotion Hosting’s servers and when the regular www version is visited, it will use CloudFlare.