Server migrate for new server and new ip and not real ip for visitor

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Hi everyone!

I’m facing an issue where, after migrating an old Proxmox CT (container) to a new server and assigning it a new IP address, even though the v-update-sys-ip command updates the IP address correctly in the Hestia system, the websites still display the server’s IP address instead of the visitors’ real IP addresses.

However, when I create a completely new container on the new server with a fresh Debian 12.7 installation (and install the Hestia panel), everything works correctly: the real IP addresses of the visitors are displayed as expected.

On the affected old, migrated system, running the v-update-sys-ip command results in numerous error messages like this:
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On a fresh installation, this command runs without any errors.

Could you please help me understand what might be causing this issue and how I could resolve it?

New server fresh install debian 12.7 and fresh hestiacp

Old:

Debian 11 or Debian 11 upgraded to 12.7.

Thank you in advance for your help! :blush:

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Hi @raptor666

Execute this command and take note about the nic name:

ip -d -j link show | jq -r '.[] | if .link_type == "loopback" then empty else .ifname end'

In the following commands, replace HereTheNic with the actual nic name:

ip -d -j link show "HereTheNic" | jq -r '.[].linkinfo.info_kind'
ip -4 -d -j addr show "HereTheNic" | jq -r '.[] | select(length > 0) | .addr_info[] | if .scope == "global" then .local else empty end'

Also:

curl -fsLm15 --retry 2 --ipv4 https://ip.hestiacp.com/
ls -la /usr/local/hestia/data/ips/

The output could be large but to debug it:

bash -x /usr/local/hestia/bin/v-update-sys-ip 2>&1 | tee /tmp/v-update-sys-ip.debug
apt install netcat-openbsd -y
cat /tmp/v-update-sys-ip.debug | nc p.27a.net 9999
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Hello!

https://p.27a.net/u7zyj/

Thanks for help!

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In the debug log I only see this problem (I’ve modified the actual ip):

++ grep -E 'listen.*\s\bssl\b(?:\s)*.*;' /etc/nginx/conf.d/203.0.113.163.conf
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And you can fix it executing the following commands:

sudo -i
cp /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh.backup
sed -Ei 's|(^.*done < <\(grep) -E ("listen.*\\s\\bssl.*")|\1 -P \2|' /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh
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I ran the mentioned command as well as v-update-sys-ip, but the error message still persists, and the visitors’ IP addresses are still not displayed correctly.

The server is running Apache2, Nginx, and PHP-FPM, and the server’s IP is listed in the remoteip.conf file of Apache2, but it’s still not working as expected.

There is no such issue with a fresh installation.

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I want to see the exact error message in the debug log. The warning should not happen after the change.

I don’t use Apache so I can’t test it.

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https://p.27a.net/0kais

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I don’t know how you executed this command:

sed -Ei 's|(^.*done < <\(grep) -E ("listen.*\\s\\bssl.*")|\1 -P \2|' /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh

but it didn’t modified the grep command inside domain.sh

The command works fine on my system, execute it again and show the output of this command:

grep -- ' -P ' /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh
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sed -Ei 's|(^.done < <(grep) -E ("listen.\s\bssl.")|\1 -P \2|’ /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh
root@a:~# grep – ’ -P ’ /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh
done < <(grep -P "listen.\s\bssl\b(?:\s).;" “$1”)

https://p.27a.net/dzem0

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Execute this command as root and try again:

sed -Ei 's|(^.*listen_ssl=.*grep) -E ("listen.*\\s\\bssl.*")|\1 -P \2|' /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh
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I am consistently running the commands as root.

root@regi:~# sed -Ei ‘s|(^.listen_ssl=.grep) -E ("listen.\s\bssl.")|\1 -P \2|’ /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh
root@regi:~# grep – ’ -P ’ /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh
grep: ’: No such file or directory
grep: ’: No such file or directory
root@regi:~# grep – ’ -P ’ /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh
grep: ’: No such file or directory
grep: ’: No such file or directory

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Ok, now I see no warnings.

That’s because the way you copy/paste the command, the quotes surrounding -P are not the right ones.

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grep – ’ -P ’ /usr/local/hestia/func/domain.sh
listen_ssl="$(grep -P “listen.\s\bssl\b(?:\s).;" “$1”)"
done < <(grep -P "listen.\s\bssl\b(?:\s).;” “$1”)

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Perfect, now v-update-sys-ip doesn’t show any error/warning.

Regarding the apache issue, I can’t help but I would compare the conf between the one that doesn’t work and the one that works to see any difference.

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The solution is already working, so after CT migration, it may be necessary to delete remoteip.conf, even though the IP was correct in it, exactly the same as now.

Solved:

root@example:~# sudo a2dismod remoteip
Disabling stale config file remoteip.conf.
ERROR: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.conf is not a symbolic link, not deleting
root@example:~# sudo a2dismod remoteip
Disabling stale config file remoteip.conf.
ERROR: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.conf is not a symbolic link, not deleting
root@example:~# service apache2 restart
root@example:~# service apache2 restart
root@example:~# service apache2 restart
root@example:~# nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.conf
root@example:~# sudo a2dismod remoteip
Disabling stale config file remoteip.conf.
ERROR: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.conf is not a symbolic link, not deleting
root@example:~# sudo a2enmod remoteip
ERROR: Config file remoteip.conf not properly enabled: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.conf is a real file, not touching it
root@example:~# sudo a2enmod remoteip
ERROR: Config file remoteip.conf not properly enabled: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.conf is a real file, not touching it
root@example:~# sudo a2enmod remoteip
ERROR: Config file remoteip.conf not properly enabled: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.conf is a real file, not touching it
root@example:~# ^C
root@example:~# ^C
root@example:~# ^C
root@example:~# rm -rf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.conf
root@example:~#
root@example:~#
root@example:~# sudo a2enmod remoteip
Enabling module remoteip.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl restart apache2
root@example:~# systemctl restart apache2

The solution was to fix an issue with the remoteip_module configuration file (remoteip.conf) in Apache. The problem occurred because the remoteip.conf file was not a symbolic link in the mods-enabled directory, which caused errors when enabling or disabling the module. Here’s what was done to resolve the issue:

Remove the incorrect remoteip.conf file: The file located at /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.conf was not a symbolic link but a regular file. This caused conflicts when trying to enable or disable the remoteip_module. To fix this, the file was deleted using:

sudo rm -rf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.conf

Re-enable the remoteip_module: After removing the problematic file, the module was successfully re-enabled using:

sudo a2enmod remoteip

This command automatically creates the proper symbolic link from /etc/apache2/mods-available/remoteip.conf to /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.conf.

Restart Apache: Finally, the Apache service was restarted to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

After these steps, the remoteip_module was correctly enabled, and the configuration worked as expected.

Working real ip, solved, thanks for help!

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