# Suggestion for Cloudflare template to get real IP from users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-cloudflare-template-to-get-real-ip-from-users/246925>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [November 28, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-cloudflare-template-to-get-real-ip-from-users/246925 "2022-11-28T11:24:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-cloudflare-template-to-get-real-ip-from-users/246925/2 "2022-11-28T13:28:28Z")

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There are a bunch of topics about using a reverse proxy that include how to do that. Not everyone who uses cloudflare uses a reverse proxy.

A reverse proxy template could be good though, as I have to look it up every time I set it up without my scripts.

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