# Using Discourse with Cloudflare: Best Practices

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-with-cloudflare-best-practices/293405
**Category:** Self-Hosting
**Tags:** how-to, cloudflare
**Created:** [January 30, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-with-cloudflare-best-practices/293405 "2024-01-30T02:56:10Z")
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### Author: ![shawa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shawa/32/426315_2.png) [@shawa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shawa)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-with-cloudflare-best-practices/293405/11 "2024-06-27T19:50:39Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Yes. You do need the cloudflare template. Without it, all traffic will appear to come from cloudflare’s servers rather than the user’s browser IP.

Is it adding to this location?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/6/3/b63c862f6bc9f534b5f01f0a3aad3df9669796b9.png)

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