How to get Netbird proxy logs with proper client IPs?

DCFE · April 2, 2026, 1:29pm

New to Netbird. Liking what I see so far. I have a selfhosted instance running, I believe I am using the “combined” Netbird deployment, with Traefik - this is what my Docker containers look like:

IMAGE					                NAMES
netbirdio/reverse-proxy:latest          netbird-proxy
traefik:v3.6                            netbird-traefik
netbirdio/dashboard:latest              netbird-dashboard
netbirdio/netbird-server:latest         netbird-server

I do also have a couple of Authentik ones, I am running in this config, with a “sidecar” Netbird client container, but this isn’t too relevant here.

The problem I am having is that when I view the Proxy Logs in Netbird dashboard (Sidebar > Activity > Proxy Events), I see the Docker IP of the Traefix reverse proxy, as the IP address:

These are incoming requests to the Authentik instance behind the Proxy. But, this would apply to anything I choose to expose via Netbird Proxy. I would like to be able to keep an eye on the request logs, including taking a look at the client IP address.

How can I configure the system to log the genuine client public IP, instead of Traefik’s local IP? Is there some solution based on X-Forwarded-For that can be used / added to Netbird?

Thanks!

DCFE · April 9, 2026, 9:59am

Anyone have any thoughts?

Should I raise a request for this on Github maybe?

noses · April 10, 2026, 11:20am

You’re not the only one.

github.com/netbirdio/netbird

Proxy events showing IP of Traefik proxy as source

opened 05:58PM - 14 Feb 26 UTC

closed 10:40PM - 16 Feb 26 UTC

doubleoh13

triage-needed

**Describe the problem** The Reverse Proxy Access Logs are reporting the source… IP as the docker IP address of the Traefik container. **To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Create a Reverse Proxy Service 2. Visit the service 3. Click on `Activity -> Proxy Events` 4. See that Location/IP is the IP address of the Traefik container (`172.30.0.10`) **Expected behavior** I would expect that the Location/IP would be the IP address of the client that is accessing the service. **Are you using NetBird Cloud?** Self-Hosted **NetBird version** `v0.65.0` **Is any other VPN software installed?** No **Screenshots** <img width="1260" height="817" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b839fe08-3972-43e7-af0e-bfd94c58d2ea" /> **Additional context** I have tried adding `NB_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES=172.30.0.10` and `NB_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES=172.30.0.10/32` to the `proxy.env` file. I have also tried adding `command: --trusted-proxies 172.30.0.10` to the `proxy` service in the `docker-compose.yml` file. Neither provided any change in behavior. **Have you tried these troubleshooting steps?** - [ ] Reviewed [client troubleshooting](https://docs.netbird.io/how-to/troubleshooting-client) (if applicable) - [x] Checked for newer NetBird versions - [x] Searched for similar issues on GitHub (including closed ones) - [x] Restarted the NetBird client - [x] Disabled other VPN software - [x] Checked firewall settings

This fixed it for me.

DCFE · April 11, 2026, 9:58am

Aha - A solution! Thanks for pointing up, I will give it a shot.

As of now, is it just a case of manually doing the config changess shown in that GH issue? No actual Netbird container update needed?

DCFE · April 11, 2026, 10:23am

I have made the config edits and rebooted, (Didn’t update the containers or anything) and as far as I can see, I am still just getting the Traefik IP in the logs. Guessing there is something further I need to do.