# How to set set\_real\_ip\_from for discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-set-real-ip-from-for-discourse/74416
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 20, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-set-real-ip-from-for-discourse/74416 "2017-11-20T11:02:33Z")
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### Author: ![parisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@parisa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/parisa)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-set-real-ip-from-for-discourse/74416/9 "2017-11-22T10:49:32Z")

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It seems I got it fixed by adding another template named customip.template.yml and adding it to app.yml.

I organized the content of the template like the following

```plaintext
run:
  - file:
      path: /tmp/add-custom-ips
      chmod: +x
      contents: |
        #!/bin/bash -e
        # Add list of custom ips
        echo "1.2.3.4" > /tmp/custom-ips
        # Make into nginx commands and escape for inclusion into sed append command
        CONTENTS=$(</tmp/custom-ips sed 's/^/set_real_ip_from /' | sed 's/$/;/' | tr '\n' '\\' | sed 's/\\/\\n/g')
        
        echo custom IPs:
        echo $(echo | sed "/^/a $CONTENTS")
        # Insert into discourse.conf
        sed -i "/sendfile on;/a $CONTENTS\nreal_ip_header X-Forwarded-For;\nreal_ip_recursive on;" /etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf
        # Clean up
        rm /tmp/custom-ips

  - exec: "/tmp/add-custom-ips"
  - exec: "rm /tmp/add-custom-ips"

```

I don’t know to what extent my solution is correct and well organized. but it seems it just worked for me.

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