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 →