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Cloudflare no longer updates and supports _mod_cloudflare_, starting
with versions **Debian 9** and **Ubuntu 18.04 LTS** of the Linux
operating system. We now recommend
[_mod_remoteip_](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV)
[_mod_remoteip_](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_remoteip.html)
for customers using Apache web servers. Customers who are interested in
building the _mod_cloudflare_ package can [download the
codebase](https://github.com/cloudflare/mod_cloudflare) from GitHub.
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Cloudflare no longer updates and supports _mod_cloudflare_, starting
with versions **Debian 9** and **Ubuntu 18.04 LTS** of the Linux
operating system. We now recommend
[_mod_remoteip_](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV)
[_mod_remoteip_](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_remoteip.html)
for customers using Apache web servers. Customers who are interested in
building the _mod_cloudflare_ package can [download the
codebase](https://github.com/cloudflare/mod_cloudflare) from GitHub.
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Cloudflare no longer updates and supports _mod_cloudflare_, starting
with versions **Debian 9** and **Ubuntu 18.04 LTS** of the Linux
operating system. We now recommend
[_mod_remoteip_](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV)
[_mod_remoteip_](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_remoteip.html)
for customers using Apache web servers. Customers who are interested in
building the _mod_cloudflare_ package can [download the
codebase](https://github.com/cloudflare/mod_cloudflare) from GitHub.
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### PHPBB

If you are using an Apache server, then we would recommend installing [mod_remoteip](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV) to restore the visitor IP back to your logs.
If you are using an Apache server, then we would recommend installing [mod_remoteip](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_remoteip.html) to restore the visitor IP back to your logs.

If you do not have access to your server to install a mod, then you may be able to [modify the core](https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=13936406#p13936406).

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If you use the hosting control panel VestaCP, you have both Nginx and Apache running on your server. Requests are proxied through Nginx before going to Apache.

Because of this Nginx proxy, you actually need to the instructions to configure Nginx to return the real visitor IP address. [Mod_remoteip](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV) for Apache is not needed unless you disable the Nginx server for some requests. Adding [mod_remoteip](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV) to Apache will not conflict with the Nginx server configuration.
Because of this Nginx proxy, you actually need to the instructions to configure Nginx to return the real visitor IP address. [mod_remoteip](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_remoteip.html) for Apache is not needed unless you disable the Nginx server for some requests. Adding [mod_remoteip](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV) to Apache will not conflict with the Nginx server configuration.

### node.js

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