# 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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**Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-cloudflare-template-to-get-real-ip-from-users/246925/3 "2022-11-28T16:41:40Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Not everyone who uses cloudflare uses a reverse proxy.

Right. And the inverse is true too: not everyone who uses a reverse proxy uses cloudflare 😉

This suggestion is really destined to make life easier for people who use cloudflare. It wouldn’t change a thing for those that don’t use a reverse proxy in docker, but could potentially save hours of searching for the answer to a simple problem.

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