# Getting a valid user IP address when behind a reverse proxy

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**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [November 15, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/getting-a-valid-user-ip-address-when-behind-a-reverse-proxy/58801 "2020-11-15T15:37:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_Parnell](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/tim_parnell/32/161_2.png) [@Tim\_Parnell](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Tim_Parnell)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/getting-a-valid-user-ip-address-when-behind-a-reverse-proxy/58801/6 "2020-11-15T20:52:02Z")

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> [@Jason\_Doller](#):
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> Can you confirm that it is the X-Forwarded-For header?

Yes. I just configured nginx to pass a bogus value and the it came through (not on the instance above).

If you look at the feedback ticket from the thread that you linked, it’s marked as a duplicate of “23891 - Add support for reverse proxies to WE apps” which was marked “Implemented & Verified” in Xojo 2016r2.

I’m building an app that helps simplify deploying Xojo Web apps, it might be of some help 🙂 [Public Testing Lifeboat - Deploy to Lightsail or Digital Ocean - #13 by Tim\_Parnell](https://forum.xojo.com/t/public-testing-lifeboat-deploy-to-lightsail-or-digital-ocean/58699/13)

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