diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 71844f7..0000000
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-pipeline {
-    agent {
-      label 'puppet'
-    }
-
-    post {
-        always {
-            deleteDir() /* clean up our workspace */
-        }
-        success {
-            updateGitlabCommitStatus state: 'success'
-        }
-        failure {
-            updateGitlabCommitStatus state: 'failed'
-            step([$class: 'Mailer', notifyEveryUnstableBuild: true, recipients: 'support@confdroid.com', sendToIndividuals: true])
-        }
-    }
-
-    options {
-          gitLabConnection('gitlab.confdroid.com')
-    }
-
-    stages {
-
-      stage('pull master') {
-        steps {
-          sshagent(['edd05eb6-26b5-4c7b-a5cc-ea2ab899f4fa']) {
-            sh '''
-                git config user.name "Jenkins Server"
-                git config user.email jenkins@confdroid.com
-                # Ensure we're on the development branch (triggered by push)
-                git checkout development
-                # Create jenkins branch from development
-                git checkout -b jenkins-build-$BUILD_NUMBER
-                # Optionally merge master into jenkins to ensure compatibility
-                git merge origin/master --no-ff || { echo "Merge conflict detected"; exit 1; }
-            '''
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-      stage('puppet parser') {
-        steps {
-          sh '''for file in $(find . -iname \'*.pp\'); do
-            /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet parser validate --color false --render-as s --modulepath=modules $file || exit 1;
-            done;'''
-          }
-        }
-
-      stage('check templates') {
-        steps{
-          sh '''for file in $(find . -iname \'*.erb\');
-            do erb -P -x -T "-" $file | ruby -c || exit 1;
-            done;'''
-        }
-      }
-
-      stage('puppet-lint') {
-        steps {
-          sh '''/usr/local/bin/puppet-lint . \\
-                --no-variable_scope-check \\
-                || { echo "Puppet lint failed"; exit 1; }
-            '''
-          }
-        }
-
-      stage('SonarScan') {
-         steps {
-            withCredentials([string(credentialsId: 'sonar-token', variable: 'SONAR_TOKEN')]) {
-              sh '''
-              /opt/sonar-scanner/bin/sonar-scanner \
-                -Dsonar.projectKey=confdroid_apache \
-                -Dsonar.sources=. \
-                -Dsonar.host.url=https://sonarqube.confdroid.com \
-                -Dsonar.token=$SONAR_TOKEN
-                '''
-              }
-            }
-          }
-
-      stage('create Puppet documentation') {
-        steps {
-          sh '/opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet strings'
-        }
-      }
-
-      stage('update repo') {
-        steps {
-          sshagent(['edd05eb6-26b5-4c7b-a5cc-ea2ab899f4fa']) {
-            sh '''
-                git config user.name "Jenkins Server"
-                git config user.email jenkins@confdroid.com
-                git rm -r --cached .vscode || echo "No .vscode to remove from git"
-                git add -A && git commit -am "Recommit for updates in build $BUILD_NUMBER" || echo "No changes to commit"
-                git push origin HEAD:master
-            '''
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-      stage('Mirror to Gitea') {
-        steps {
-          withCredentials([usernamePassword(
-            credentialsId: 'Jenkins-gitea',
-            usernameVariable: 'GITEA_USER',
-            passwordVariable: 'GITEA_TOKEN')]) {
-            script {
-              // Checkout from GitLab (already done implicitly)
-                sh '''
-                  git checkout master
-                  git pull origin master
-                  git branch -D development
-                  git branch -D jenkins-build-$BUILD_NUMBER
-                  git rm -f Jenkinsfile
-                  git rm -r --cached .vscode || echo "No .vscode to remove from git"
-                  git commit --amend --no-edit --allow-empty
-                  git remote add master https://sourcecode.confdroid.com/confdroid/confdroid_apache.git
-                  git -c credential.helper="!f() { echo username=${GITEA_USER}; echo password=${GITEA_TOKEN}; }; f" \
-                  push master --mirror
-                  '''
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/file.README.html b/doc/file.README.html
index 0708c08..082daff 100644
--- a/doc/file.README.html
+++ b/doc/file.README.html
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@
 <p>manage nagios monitoring for the service (optional)</p>
 </li></ul>
 
+<p>Optional</p>
+<ul><li>
+<p>manage remoteIP logging if running behind a Loadbalancer like HAproxy: if <code>ae_use_lb</code> is set to <code>true</code>, a configuration file <code>etc/httpd/conf.d/loadbalancer-remoteip.conf</code>is created and configures apache/httpd to use the remote header. This allows proper fail2ban protection even behind the Loadbalancer. Make sure to set <code>ae_trusted_proxy</code>to the proper IP or range for the loadbalancer!</p>
+</li></ul>
+
 <p>Maintenance</p>
 <ul><li>
 <p>manage the service</p>
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index 7013215..4fd2c46 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@
 <p>manage nagios monitoring for the service (optional)</p>
 </li></ul>
 
+<p>Optional</p>
+<ul><li>
+<p>manage remoteIP logging if running behind a Loadbalancer like HAproxy: if <code>ae_use_lb</code> is set to <code>true</code>, a configuration file <code>etc/httpd/conf.d/loadbalancer-remoteip.conf</code>is created and configures apache/httpd to use the remote header. This allows proper fail2ban protection even behind the Loadbalancer. Make sure to set <code>ae_trusted_proxy</code>to the proper IP or range for the loadbalancer!</p>
+</li></ul>
+
 <p>Maintenance</p>
 <ul><li>
 <p>manage the service</p>
diff --git a/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_apache_3A_3Aparams.html b/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_apache_3A_3Aparams.html
index 96ea75a..720c808 100644
--- a/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_apache_3A_3Aparams.html
+++ b/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_apache_3A_3Aparams.html
@@ -129,118 +129,6 @@ inherited by all classes except defines.
       
     </li>
   
-    <li>
-      
-        <span class='name'>ae_manage_user</span>
-      
-      
-        <span class='type'>(<tt>Boolean</tt>)</span>
-      
-      
-      
-        &mdash;
-        <div class='inline'>
-<p>Whether or not to manage details for the httpd service user. This is generally only required when using httpd on a number of servers sharing storage resources, i.e. NFS, where UID and GID settings must be same across all nodes.</p>
-</div>
-      
-    </li>
-  
-    <li>
-      
-        <span class='name'>ae_user_name</span>
-      
-      
-        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
-      
-      
-      
-        &mdash;
-        <div class='inline'>
-<p>Specify the user name for the httpd user. only active if ae_manage_user is set to true.</p>
-</div>
-      
-    </li>
-  
-    <li>
-      
-        <span class='name'>ae_user_uid</span>
-      
-      
-        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
-      
-      
-      
-        &mdash;
-        <div class='inline'>
-<p>Specify the UID for the httpd service user. only active if <code>ae_manage_user</code> is set to true.</p>
-</div>
-      
-    </li>
-  
-    <li>
-      
-        <span class='name'>ae_u_comment</span>
-      
-      
-        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
-      
-      
-      
-        &mdash;
-        <div class='inline'>
-<p>Specify the user comment for /etc/passwd. Shows up in email notifications as sender information. only active if <code>ae_manage_user</code> is set to true.</p>
-</div>
-      
-    </li>
-  
-    <li>
-      
-        <span class='name'>ae_u_groups</span>
-      
-      
-        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
-      
-      
-      
-        &mdash;
-        <div class='inline'>
-<p>Specify any secondary groups the httpd service user should be in. Must not contain the primary group. only active if <code>ae_manage_user</code> is set to true.</p>
-</div>
-      
-    </li>
-  
-    <li>
-      
-        <span class='name'>ae_user_home</span>
-      
-      
-        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
-      
-      
-      
-        &mdash;
-        <div class='inline'>
-<p>Specify the home of the httpd service user. only active if <code>ae_manage_user</code> is set to true.</p>
-</div>
-      
-    </li>
-  
-    <li>
-      
-        <span class='name'>ae_user_shell</span>
-      
-      
-        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
-      
-      
-      
-        &mdash;
-        <div class='inline'>
-<p>Specify the shell for the httpd service user, which normally should not be allowed to log in . only active if <code>ae_manage_user</code> is set to true.</p>
-</div>
-      
-    </li>
-  
     <li>
       
         <span class='name'>ae_manage_cfg</span>
@@ -435,6 +323,42 @@ inherited by all classes except defines.
         &mdash;
         <div class='inline'>
 <p>List of packages to install.</p>
+</div>
+      
+    </li>
+  
+    <li>
+      
+        <span class='name'>ae_use_lb</span>
+      
+      
+        <span class='type'>(<tt>Boolean</tt>)</span>
+      
+      
+        <em class="default">(defaults to: <tt>false</tt>)</em>
+      
+      
+        &mdash;
+        <div class='inline'>
+<p>whether to use load balancer or not. If true, a configuration file will be created to allow reading the client ips from the X-Forwarded-For header, and the httpd service will be restarted to apply the changes. This is required when using httpd behind a load balancer like haproxy, otherwise all client ips will be logged as the load balancer ip.</p>
+</div>
+      
+    </li>
+  
+    <li>
+      
+        <span class='name'>ae_trusted_proxy</span>
+      
+      
+        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
+      
+      
+        <em class="default">(defaults to: <tt>&#39;10.0.1.0/24&#39;</tt>)</em>
+      
+      
+        &mdash;
+        <div class='inline'>
+<p>the IP address of the trusted proxy, i.e. the load balancer. This is required when <code>ae_use_lb</code> is set to true, and defaults to ‘10.0.1.0/24’.</p>
 </div>
       
     </li>
@@ -450,6 +374,16 @@ inherited by all classes except defines.
         <pre class="lines">
 
 
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+43
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@@ -509,14 +443,10 @@ inherited by all classes except defines.
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       </td>
       <td>
-        <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'manifests/params.pp', line 47</span>
+        <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'manifests/params.pp', line 37</span>
 
 class confdroid_apache::params (
 
@@ -540,6 +470,10 @@ class confdroid_apache::params (
   String $ae_http_port        = &#39;80&#39;,
   String $ae_https_port       = &#39;443&#39;,
 
+# loadbalancer
+  Boolean $ae_use_lb          = false,
+  String $ae_trusted_proxy    = &#39;10.0.1.0/24&#39;,
+
 ) {
 # facts
   $fqdn                             = $facts[&#39;networking&#39;][&#39;fqdn&#39;]
@@ -578,6 +512,8 @@ class confdroid_apache::params (
   $ae_userdir_erb     = &#39;confdroid_apache/userdir_conf.erb&#39;
   $ae_index_file      = &#39;/var/www/html/index.html&#39;
   $ae_index_erb       = &#39;confdroid_apache/index_html.erb&#39;
+  $ae_remoteip_file   = &#39;/etc/httpd/conf.d/loadbalancer-remoteip.conf&#39;
+  $ae_remoteip_erb    = &#39;confdroid_apache/loadbalancer_remoteip_conf.erb&#39;
 
 # includes must be last
   include confdroid_apache::main::config
diff --git a/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_apache_3A_3Aserver_3A_3Afiles.html b/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_apache_3A_3Aserver_3A_3Afiles.html
index ca4bc62..ff94634 100644
--- a/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_apache_3A_3Aserver_3A_3Afiles.html
+++ b/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_apache_3A_3Aserver_3A_3Afiles.html
@@ -205,7 +205,22 @@
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       </td>
       <td>
         <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'manifests/server/files.pp', line 6</span>
@@ -299,6 +314,21 @@ class confdroid_apache::server::files (
     }
   }
 
+  if $ae_use_lb == true {
+    file { $ae_remoteip_file:
+      ensure   =&gt; file,
+      owner    =&gt; &#39;root&#39;,
+      group    =&gt; &#39;root&#39;,
+      mode     =&gt; &#39;0644&#39;,
+      selrange =&gt; s0,
+      selrole  =&gt; object_r,
+      seltype  =&gt; httpd_conf_t,
+      seluser  =&gt; system_u,
+      content  =&gt; template($ae_remoteip_erb),
+      notify   =&gt; Service[&#39;httpd&#39;],
+    }
+  }
+
   # manage index.html
 
   file { $ae_index_file: