# Rate Limiting w/ Reverse Proxy

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [November 16, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rate-limiting-w-reverse-proxy/209354 "2021-11-16T20:26:57Z")\
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> [@forkythetoy](#):
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> the real\_ip\_header is in another header value

Then you’ll need to adjust the recommended configuration accordingly.

Or, if you don’t care about ip addresses or rate limiting, you can remind the rate limiting template.

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