Trying TLS for SaaS by Cloudflare

I've been experimenting with TLS for SaaS by Cloudflare, and it's one of those features that quietly removes a whole category of work.

Last night I shipped custom hostnames for Link Robins status pages. Each client CNAMEs their own subdomain — something like status.client.com — at the status page service, and Cloudflare for SaaS takes care of issuing and renewing the TLS certificate for their hostname. The client keeps their own domain, I don't touch a cert, and it just works.

Next up: expanding the same approach to Flarum Hosting clients. The idea is the same — point your own domain, say forum.client.com, at the hosting, and Cloudflare handles cert issuance automatically. No manual TLS work per client, no walking anyone through certificate uploads — bring your domain, and the rest happens on its own.

Status pages were the proving ground. Forums are next.