# ip x-forwarding

**URL:** <https://community.f5.com/t/ip-x-forwarding/75566>\
**Category:** Technical Forums\
**Tags:** security\
**Created:** [December 26, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/ip-x-forwarding/75566 "2024-12-26T13:48:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Abdou76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@Abdou76](https://community.f5.com/u/Abdou76)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/ip-x-forwarding/75566/1 "2024-12-26T13:48:12Z")

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Good Morning

How can I enable X-Forwarding on an F5 Virtual Server so that the IP addresses of end users appear in my web service logs instead of the F5’s IP address?

thanks

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**Author:** ![JRahm](https://d1p9zq3aats0t8.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.f5.com/jrahm/32/3327_2.png) [@JRahm](https://community.f5.com/u/JRahm)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/ip-x-forwarding/75566/2 "2024-12-26T16:46:18Z")

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Hi @Abdou76 , you can enable in your HTTP profile:

 ![image_338776.png](https://d20hrnpixdzcsd.cloudfront.net/original/2X/c/cae96004f11c16062b945e37c20dd1adbfc5e3fe.png)

See [K40243113](https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K40243113) for details.

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**Author:** ![Abdou76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@Abdou76](https://community.f5.com/u/Abdou76)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/ip-x-forwarding/75566/3 "2024-12-26T16:57:59Z")

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Hi @JRahm thank you