# Cloudflare Real-IP via Apache

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-real-ip-via-apache/113482
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [4 april 2019 om 21:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-real-ip-via-apache/113482 "2019-04-04T21:26:26Z")
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#### Post date: [5 april 2019 om 02:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-real-ip-via-apache/113482/2 "2019-04-05T02:13:42Z")

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Since this is cloudflare you want to use the cloudflare pattern and pass through the header.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker/blob/master/templates/cloudflare.template.yml#L16>

So you want to pass `CF-Connecting-IP` through apache and then to mix in our cloudflare template.

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