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Expand Up @@ -149,6 +149,17 @@ The URL/Page that user should be redirected in case of a Certificate Authenticat

Please check the [tls-auth](../examples/auth/client-certs/README.md) example.

**Important:**

TLS with Client Authentication is NOT possible in Cloudflare as is not allowed it and might result in unexpected behavior.

Cloudflare only allows Authenticated Origin Pulls and is required to use their own certificate:
https://blog.cloudflare.com/protecting-the-origin-with-tls-authenticated-origin-pulls/

Only Authenticated Origin Pulls are allowed and can be configured by following their tutorial:
https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/204494148-Setting-up-NGINX-to-use-TLS-Authenticated-Origin-Pulls


### Configuration snippet

Using this annotation you can add additional configuration to the NGINX location. For example:
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