Why your logs suddenly show 192.168.255.x — and how to fix it properly When everything sits behind Cloudflare, real-IP handling in Nginx is usually straightforward, trust Cloudflare’s IP ranges, read CF-Connecting-IP, and $remote_addr becomes the actual visitor’s address. That simplicity disappears the moment you introduce a Linode NodeBalancer in front of your server. Suddenly your… Continue reading
If you’re used to working with Nginx on Debian 12, you’ve likely mastered the sites-available and sites-enabled directory structure to manage virtual hosts. Interestingly, Apache2 adopts the same concept , just with a few differences in how things are enabled and maintained. This article walks through setting up Apache2 and draws parallels to the Nginx… Continue reading
Certainly! Here’s the complete, revised set of steps to fully uninstall and reinstall Nginx on Debian 12, ensuring all configurations are reset: Step 1: Stop and Disable Nginx Stop the Nginx service to ensure it’s not running: Disable Nginx so it won’t start on boot: Step 2: Uninstall Nginx with Purge Use the –purge option… Continue reading