Title: [GET] 403 Forbidden
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# [GET] 403 Forbidden

 *  [icecreamdigital](https://wordpress.org/support/users/icecreamdigital/)
 * (@icecreamdigital)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-403-forbidden/)
 * Hey guys,
 * I’ve been scouring the net for a while but can’t seem to get this to work.
 * I’m using a S3 bucket to host images exclusively, and using CloudFlare to distribute.
 * I’ve followed the exact spec set out by the [CloudFlare help article](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200168926-How-do-I-use-CloudFlare-with-Amazon-s-S3-Service-?flash_digest=a996a08e7a5ddaf6e14bff347dc1b6d987e212b5)
   about changing the CNAME.
 * I’m using the standard CORS config;
 *     ```
       <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
       <CORSConfiguration xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">
           <CORSRule>
               <AllowedOrigin>*</AllowedOrigin>
               <AllowedMethod>GET</AllowedMethod>
               <MaxAgeSeconds>3000</MaxAgeSeconds>
               <AllowedHeader>Authorization</AllowedHeader>
           </CORSRule>
       </CORSConfiguration>
       ```
   
 * And I’m using a policy by Amazon to display content to all users from the bucket
   without permissions.
 *     ```
       {
       	"Version": "2012-10-17",
       	"Statement": [
       		{
       			"Sid": "AddPerm",
       			"Effect": "Allow",
       			"Principal": "*",
       			"Action": [
       				"s3:GetObject"
       			],
       			"Resource": [
       				"arn:aws:s3:::media.polarwest.co.uk/*"
       			]
       		}
       	]
       }
       ```
   
 * After all of this, I’m still getting the [GET] 403 Forbidden error on all of 
   my images…
 * Im at a total standstill with this, any help would be appreciated.
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 *  [damoncloudflare](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damoncloudflare/)
 * (@damoncloudflare)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-403-forbidden/#post-5405920)
 * A 403 would generally indicate that requests are being blocked by IPs on the 
   server. You might want to check to make sure that requests from [CloudFlare’s IP ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips)
   are not being blocked.
 *  Thread Starter [icecreamdigital](https://wordpress.org/support/users/icecreamdigital/)
 * (@icecreamdigital)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-403-forbidden/#post-5405961)
 * Thanks Damon,
 * I’ve posted a similar thread in the AWS S3 Forum, hopefully it will yield some
   results.
 * I will post back if I hear anything unless you have an alternative solution?
 *  [damoncloudflare](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damoncloudflare/)
 * (@damoncloudflare)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-403-forbidden/#post-5406056)
 * Does pausing us on the record in your DNS settings change the behavior? You can
   do so by changing the cloud from orange to grey. If it does change the behavior&
   the error goes away, then something is likely blocking requests on that end.

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 * Last reply from: [damoncloudflare](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damoncloudflare/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-403-forbidden/#post-5406056)
 * Status: not resolved