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Automatic update of CloudFlare IP addresses in nginx
This script is a copy of https://marekbosman.com/site/automatic-update-of-cloudflare-ip-addresses-in-nginx/
# How to use?
```sh
wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AidasK/27aa5d6f918eca12d95427178b5aaa59/raw/e3ce185de43d89c237e081d3f56e5a79024b4115/cloudflare-update-ip-ranges.sh -P /usr/local/bin/
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cloudflare-update-ip-ranges.sh
```
add `include /etc/nginx/cloudflare;` this line to /etc/nginx/nginx.conf (above include `/etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;`)
```sh
crontab -e
```
```
0 4 * * sun /usr/local/bin/cloudflare-update-ip-ranges.sh
```
#!/bin/bash
# Location of the nginx config file that contains the CloudFlare IP addresses.
CF_NGINX_CONFIG="/etc/nginx/cloudflare"
# The URLs with the actual IP addresses used by CloudFlare.
CF_URL_IP4="https://www.cloudflare.com/ips-v4"
CF_URL_IP6="https://www.cloudflare.com/ips-v6"
# Temporary files.
CF_TEMP_IP4="/tmp/cloudflare-ips-v4.txt"
CF_TEMP_IP6="/tmp/cloudflare-ips-v6.txt"
# Download the files.
if [ -f /usr/bin/curl ];
then
curl --silent --output $CF_TEMP_IP4 $CF_URL_IP4
curl --silent --output $CF_TEMP_IP6 $CF_URL_IP6
elif [ -f /usr/bin/wget ];
then
wget --quiet --output-document=$CF_TEMP_IP4 --no-check-certificate $CF_URL_IP4
wget --quiet --output-document=$CF_TEMP_IP6 --no-check-certificate $CF_URL_IP6
else
echo "Unable to download CloudFlare files."
exit 1
fi
# Generate the new config file.
echo "# CloudFlare IP Ranges" > $CF_NGINX_CONFIG
echo "# Generated at $(date) by $0" >> $CF_NGINX_CONFIG
echo "" >> $CF_NGINX_CONFIG
echo "# - IPv4 ($CF_URL_IP4)" >> $CF_NGINX_CONFIG
awk '{ print "set_real_ip_from " $0 ";" }' $CF_TEMP_IP4 >> $CF_NGINX_CONFIG
echo "" >> $CF_NGINX_CONFIG
echo "# - IPv6 ($CF_URL_IP6)" >> $CF_NGINX_CONFIG
awk '{ print "set_real_ip_from " $0 ";" }' $CF_TEMP_IP6 >> $CF_NGINX_CONFIG
echo "" >> $CF_NGINX_CONFIG
echo "real_ip_header CF-Connecting-IP;" >> $CF_NGINX_CONFIG
echo "" >> $CF_NGINX_CONFIG
# Remove the temporary files.
rm $CF_TEMP_IP4 $CF_TEMP_IP6
# Reload the nginx config.
service nginx reload
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