Restoring original visitor's ip with CloudFlare and Nginx

by OldFart
GNU/Linux ◆ xterm ◆ bash 2930 views

File is available (until it isn’t anymore) at http://bit.ly/ngx-cfips

Sample output:

# # CloudFlare ips generated on 2016.10.22 from # https://www.cloudflare.com/ips-v4 # https://www.cloudflare.com/ips-v6 # set_real_ip_from 103.21.244.0/22; set_real_ip_from 103.22.200.0/22; set_real_ip_from 103.31.4.0/22; set_real_ip_from 104.16.0.0/12; set_real_ip_from 108.162.192.0/18; set_real_ip_from 131.0.72.0/22; set_real_ip_from 141.101.64.0/18; set_real_ip_from 162.158.0.0/15; set_real_ip_from 172.64.0.0/13; set_real_ip_from 173.245.48.0/20; set_real_ip_from 188.114.96.0/20; set_real_ip_from 190.93.240.0/20; set_real_ip_from 197.234.240.0/22; set_real_ip_from 198.41.128.0/17; set_real_ip_from 199.27.128.0/21; set_real_ip_from 2400:cb00::/32; set_real_ip_from 2405:8100::/32; set_real_ip_from 2405:b500::/32; set_real_ip_from 2606:4700::/32; set_real_ip_from 2803:f800::/32; set_real_ip_from 2a06:98c0::/29; set_real_ip_from 2c0f:f248::/32; ` real_ip_header CF-Connecting-IP;` ` #real_ip_header X-Forwarded-For;` # Upon including this file into nginx configuration, following variables # $http_cf_connecting_ip and $http_x_forwarded_for will become available. # References: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170706-How-do-I-restore-original-visitor-IP-with-Nginx-