Fix IP address retrieval when using reverse proxy

Author: mahdibashirpour

config/user-monitoring.php

@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
      */
     'action_monitoring' => [
         'table' => 'actions_monitoring',
-
         /*
          * Monitor actions.
          *
@@ -100,6 +99,14 @@
         'on_read'       => true,
         'on_restore'    => false,
         'on_replicate'  => false,
+        
+        /** 
+        *   Determines if the application should use reverse proxy headers to fetch the real client IP
+        *   If set to true, it will try to get the IP from the specified header (X-Real-IP or X-Forwarded-For)
+        *   This is useful when using reverse proxies like Nginx or Cloudflare.
+         */
+        'use_reverse_proxy_ip' => false,
+        'real_ip_header' => 'X-Forwarded-For'
     ],
 
     /*

src/Traits/Actionable.php

@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ private static function insertActionMonitoring(mixed $model, string $actionType)
             'browser_name' => $detector->getBrowser(),
             'platform' => $detector->getDevice(),
             'device' => $detector->getDevice(),
-            'ip' => request()->ip(),
+            'ip' => config('user-monitoring.use_reverse_proxy_ip') 
+            ? request()->header(config('user-monitoring.real_ip_header')) 
+                ?: request()->ip() 
+                ?: request()->ip()
+            : request()->ip(),,
             'page' => request()->url(),
             'created_at' => now(),
             'updated_at' => now(),