# Troubleshooting a 429 (rate limit)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-a-429-rate-limit/81060>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [February 20, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-a-429-rate-limit/81060 "2018-02-20T18:20:41Z")\
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> [@pfaffman](#):
>
> shared/standalone/log/var-log/nginx/access.log

All of the IPs are 172.17.0.1 😲

So I’d guess I would just need the following?

```plaintext
- replace:
    filename: /etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf
    from: "types {"
    to: |
      set_real_ip_from 172.17.0.0/24;
      real_ip_header X-Forwarded-For;
      real_ip_recursive on;
      types {

```

Tho not sure about these two:

```plaintext
      real_ip_header X-Forwarded-For;
      real_ip_recursive on;

```

> [@pfaffman](#):
>
> you might go into the container and do it by hand to see if it works

Do you mean editing the `/etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf` file directly inside the container then restarting Nginx?

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