How to Forward CloudFlare IP to SafeLine WAF

SafeLine is a self-hosted and very easy-to-use Web Application Firewall(WAF) powered by a unique semantic analysis engine. Website: https://ly.safepoint.cloud/aMx9T1U Discord: https://discord.gg/dy3JT7dkmY By default, SafeLine obtains the client IP through the TCP socket connection. However, if there is a proxy (such as Cloudflare) in between, you need to configure SafeLine to retrieve the source IP from the HTTP headers. Cloudflare usually passes the real client IP through the CF-Connecting-IP header. So you should set it up like this: Then the real IP will be logged in SafeLine.

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How to Forward CloudFlare IP to SafeLine WAF

SafeLine is a self-hosted and very easy-to-use Web Application Firewall(WAF) powered by a unique semantic analysis engine.

Website: https://ly.safepoint.cloud/aMx9T1U
Discord: https://discord.gg/dy3JT7dkmY

By default, SafeLine obtains the client IP through the TCP socket connection. However, if there is a proxy (such as Cloudflare) in between, you need to configure SafeLine to retrieve the source IP from the HTTP headers.

Cloudflare usually passes the real client IP through the CF-Connecting-IP header. So you should set it up like this:

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Then the real IP will be logged in SafeLine.