I want to setup a reverse proxy that will work correctly with Discourse. My goal is to mask the real IP address of the server. What features do I need to buy a server for this? What should I do for the reverse proxy server and what should I do for the discourse server. Can you help with the steps…

https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=reverse%20proxy [image] What's the proper way to set up Discourse behind a reverse proxy? Self-hosting if you expose a port/ip, all traffic for that port will be handled. The only issue you need to resolve is IP forwarding. …

This is not my area of expertise and nothing comes to mind when I read these topics. I actually wanted to create a step-by-step guide for this. Both for me and for non-experts like me. Thanks anyway.

Use this guide and change the proxy_pass line to the IP address of the real Discourse installation.

Also remember to add correct set_real_ip_from directives in the Discourse container for the frontend’s ipv4 and ipv6 addresses. (See cloudflare.template.yml for an example)

[image] vifyirusti: My goal is to mask the real IP address of the server. Maybe you want cloudflare? I think you may need to make sure that mail doesn’t expose your ip. Unless you have reason to believe that people hate you or your forum, it’s likely a waste of time.

[image] Reverse proxy for Discourse | Real IP masking Self-hosting Use this guide and change the proxy_pass line to the IP address of the real Discourse installation. [image] Reverse proxy for Discourse | Real IP masking Self-hostin…

Thanks for your reply. I’m using an external smtp server and a different CDN. Cloudflare is not enough to hide the IP address. iplogger. It is possible to learn the IP address in tools such as org. I couldn’t see anything in the discourse settings to prevent this. So iplogger. Thanks to a link take…

[image] vifyirusti: Cloudflare is not enough to hide the IP address. iplogger. It is possible to learn the IP address in tools such as org. It should be, if Cloudflare can’t hide it then your reverse proxy also cannot. But it’s possible, so you must have a configuration mistake somewhere. Wha…

[image] How to protect a server's IP from being exposed? Self-hosting My forum has CloudFlare and when inserting a URL from this service, I can get the real IP of my server, this is a big gift for DDoS attacks. I checked it on the Discourse Meta and this forum…

I wrote it with the help of a translation. Sorry for the typo. My English is not very good. Also, after putting cloudflare in front of the VPS, the IP address of the server is masked. There is no problem here. However, the outgoing request from the server shows the ip address. “ https://iplogger.or…

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) August 19, 2023, 6:53am 12

I think you fix it by having your firewall allow connections only from cloudflare servers. This way it will not matter if your ip address is known.

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