Follow these steps to download, install, and trust the Cloudflare certificate on iPhone.
Step 1) Download Cloudflare Certificate
There are two ways to download the certificate on your iPhone:
- By opening the Tech Lockdown dashboard on a computer or another device
- Click the download button on the certificate and select the iPhone tab
- Using your iPhone, scan the QR code. This will download the certificate on to your iPhone without having to login to the Tech Lockdown dashboard from your iPhone.
- By opening the Tech Lockdown dashboard on your iPhone
- Click the download button on the certificate and select the iPhone tab
- Tap the download button to download the certificate to your iPhone's files
Step 2) Install Certificate
- Open the "Files" app on your iPhone and navigate to your Downloads folder.
- Important: make sure the certificate is saved to your downloads folder. Move the certificate to your downloads folder if it was downloaded to another location.
- Tap on the Certificate you downloaded. If successful, you should see a message appear like this:
- Tap Close to confirm.
- Open the Settings app; you should see a notification that says "Profile Downloaded":
- Follow the instructions to Install the Profile
Step 3) Trust the Certificate
Now that the profile is installed, your iPhone still needs to be set to trust it.
- Go back to the main screen in Settings.
- Search for "Certificate Trust Settings". This can also be found manually by going to Settings > General > About > Certificate Trust Settings.
- You'll see the Gateway CA listed and toggled off. Toggle it on:
- Accept the prompt to continue
- Confirm that block pages are working as expected. We strongly recommend using the Test Domains listed under Content Policy > Test Connection instead visiting blocked websites directly.