When a user is signed into the forum under an IPV6 address their IP shows up as 127.0.0.1 in the administrator panel. [image] This is using the latest version.

On a new Droplet, I have simple installation . There is no such things like reverse proxy.

I removed AAAA record and problem resolved. [Screenshot_20180908-103510__02]

Well, no, not really. Your Discourse installation still isn’t reporting IPv6 addresses correctly.

I couldn’t try successfully above method. Site appears down. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/51sss5se1au4va3/Discourse.mp4 Here’s my yml ## this is the all-in-one, standalone Discourse Docker container template ## ## After making changes to this file, you MUST rebuild ## /var/discourse/launch…

[image] Gulshan_Kumar: I couldn’t try successfully above method. Site appears down. same effect here. How did you solve the problem?

“disabling ipv6/AAAA on the forum”: That’s no option here for us. Any other suggestions what i can check/try/test?

Check Discourse with jwilder/nginx-proxy howtos? for an example of how to set set_real_ip_from.

I understand: i have to put manally an nginx as reverse proxy in front of discourse? (So it’s not feasable by “discourse itself”?)

No. You add to the app.yml to have those changes made inside the container. Edit: See section that says [image] Discourse with jwilder/nginx-proxy howtos? To fix discourse not getting the real IP from the host nginx, add this to your app.yml : I think you want to add something like set_real_…

Les adresses IPv6 des utilisateurs distants s'affichent comme localhost

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Gulshan_Kumar (Gulshan Kumar) Juin 18, 2019, 10:27 13

Hey @adorfer I fixed this problem by keeping only A record with IPV4 address, and removing AAAA record which had IPV6 address.

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Les adresses IPv6 des utilisateurs distants s'affichent comme localhost

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