Sever Load due to Cloudflare IP hit

Website, Application, Performance
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Hi, from few days my server load is High, while talking with my Host team they said my site is getting hit with too much Cloudflare IP Adress.

Below is the IP Adress they provided and they asked to block them? is this safe to block them and will not my site?

162.158.159.77
141.101.98.193
172.69.63.167
141.101.98.193
141.101.98.25
162.158.158.206
141.101.107.59
141.101.99.214
141.101.99.150
158.154.140
141.101.98.69
188.114.103.200
162.158.78.203
172.69.63.44
172.69.63.90
172.69.63.168

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I bet your site is on Cloudflare and your host is not restoring Visitor IP addresses. So, naturally your site is getting hit by Cloudflare IP addresses.
https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/205177068-How-does-Cloudflare-work-
https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170786-Restoring-original-visitor-IPs-Logging-visitor-IP-addresses

3

Hi, sdayman, iam on the Cloudflare for one year.

What’s the solution? they suggested to block this IP Adress?

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The solution is to have your host do this:
https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170786-Restoring-original-visitor-IPs-Logging-visitor-IP-addresses

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Thank you, I will pin this to the server team.

Is there anything u can help me with?

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