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Server Header Management

1 post · Dec 2017

What this trail covers

Cloudflare is evolving its Server header to simplify its identity from 'cloudflare-nginx' to a more generic 'cloudflare'. This change reflects the increasing complexity of Cloudflare's stack beyond just NGINX and anticipates future custom web serving or caching solutions. The transition is being rolled out in stages to allow dependent software to update.

All Cloudflare trails
  1. The end of the road for Server: cloudflare-nginxThis post announces the transition of the 'Server' HTTP header from 'cloudflare-nginx' to 'cloudflare'. This change is driven by the evolution of Cloudflare's stack beyond NGINX and the likelihood of developing custom web serving or caching code in the future. The rollout will be staged between December 18, 2017, and January 15, 2018, and affected software relying on the specific 'cloudflare-nginx' string is advised to update.