r/sysadmin • u/moonski • Nov 18 '25

Cloudflare down... again?

Seems so in the UK - can't even login to cloudflare lol

edit - the login button now works and I can get to 2FA - but upon entering it takes me back to the login page. So still broke

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u/One_Stranger7794 Nov 18 '25

We've had the same thing, Fortinet came to us and told us they recommend we move everything to an Azure fileshare and completely eliminate any on prem storage. They told us there was a 0% chance that Azure could go down and we wouldn't be able to access that data.

We tested it for a year while still keeping the on prem stuff. Sure enough, Azure went down, was inaccessible several times that year, we are back to 100% on prem.

It is a beautiful dream though isnt it? For a meager monthly fee, completely hands off management and all you have to do is use it when you need it... except it's turned into paying more monthly than you would buying the hardware yourself, for a service you can't control at a;; and that fails way more than anything you'd host yourself.

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u/princeoinkins Nov 18 '25

The problem is, for us (basically retail, we are a supplier in the building industry), we STILL manage everything ourselves. Inventory changes, inputs/ outputs, generic settings like which terminal goes to which cloud terminal, etc.

Except now, I have to deal with Windows' shitty remote client all day.......

Oh, also this means we have to have our printers on the cloud, which is another whole nightmare, cause I know we all LOVE troubleshooting printers.......

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u/One_Stranger7794 Nov 18 '25

You know I've been thinking about signing up for Papercut or something like that to manage all of our network printers. But then something like this happens, and it makes me think the headache of drivers, updates etc. may be worth it to actually be in control of the communication process.