===== Show real visitor IP addresses instead of proxy IPs =====

When using proxy in front of your web server, you may see a proxy IP instead of real IP addresses of visitors. 

To restore real visitor IPs simply enable the [[https://www.litespeedtech.com/docs/webserver/config/general#useIpInProxyHeader|Use Client IP in Header]] option to "Trusted ip only" in the General Settings section of the Configuration page in your LiteSpeed Web Admin Console and [[https://www.litespeedtech.com/docs/webserver/config/security#accessControl_allow|add proxy IPs to trusted IP list]]. Please refer to [[litespeed_wiki:config:show-real-ip-behind-cloudflare|similar setting on cloudflare]].

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For example, a Citrix Netscaler device serves the original IP record. By setting it to use "X-Forwarded-For", which is a standard header for that purpose, you should then see the visitors' original IPs. 

You may also see gateway ip/proxy ip with some null requests. This is normal. After one request is served, the IP will be reset to the LB IP  before a new request arrives. When a new request arrives with the "x-Forwarded-For" header, it will be updated. For keep-alive connections, in between two requests, the LB IP will shown on the real time request list.