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---
title: "External proxies with Vercel"
description: "Configure external reverse proxies like Cloudflare or Nginx in front of your Vercel deployment to serve Mintlify docs at a custom subpath."
keywords: ["Vercel", "external proxy", "CloudFront", "domain verification", "SSL certificates"]
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If you have an external proxy like Cloudflare or AWS CloudFront in front of your Vercel deployment, configure it properly. This avoids conflicts with Vercel's domain verification and SSL certificate provisioning.
Improper proxy configuration can prevent Vercel from provisioning Let's Encrypt SSL certificates and cause domain verification failures.
See the [supported providers](https://vercel.com/guides/how-to-setup-verified-proxy#supported-providers-verified-proxy-lite) in the Vercel documentation.
## Required path allowlist
Your external proxy must allow traffic to these specific paths without blocking, redirecting, or heavily caching:
- `/.well-known/acme-challenge/*`: Required for Let's Encrypt certificate verification.
- `/.well-known/vercel/*`: Required for Vercel domain verification.
- `/mintlify-assets/_next/static/*`: Required for static assets.
Your proxy should pass these paths directly to your Vercel deployment without modification.
## Header forwarding requirements
Ensure that your proxy correctly forwards the `Host` header. Without proper header forwarding, verification requests fail.
## Test your proxy setup
To verify your proxy is correctly configured:
1. Test that `https://[yourdomain].com/.well-known/vercel/` returns a response.
2. Ensure SSL certificates are provisioning correctly in your Vercel dashboard.
3. Check that domain verification completes successfully.