# Add set\_real\_ip\_from working with real\_ip\_header just like the nginx way

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-set-real-ip-from-working-with-real-ip-header-just-like-the-nginx-way/48496>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [April 27, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-set-real-ip-from-working-with-real-ip-header-just-like-the-nginx-way/48496 "2016-04-27T01:38:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![hnlq715](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hnlq715/32/9428_2.png) [@hnlq715](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hnlq715)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-set-real-ip-from-working-with-real-ip-header-just-like-the-nginx-way/48496/1 "2016-04-27T01:38:32Z")

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[http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx\_http\_realip\_module.html](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_realip_module.html)

We nedd to define trusted addresses that are known to send correct replacement addresses.

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-set-real-ip-from-working-with-real-ip-header-just-like-the-nginx-way/48496/2 "2016-04-29T02:17:01Z")

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That seems like a good idea. 🙂

Are you interested in contributing a pull request for the feature?

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**Author:** ![hnlq715](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hnlq715/32/9428_2.png) [@hnlq715](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hnlq715)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-set-real-ip-from-working-with-real-ip-header-just-like-the-nginx-way/48496/3 "2016-05-03T02:34:11Z")

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Thanks for your reply, I will get to this point ASAP 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-set-real-ip-from-working-with-real-ip-header-just-like-the-nginx-way/48496/4 "2017-07-05T21:52:32Z")

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