External IP Lookup Disable Feature implemented with environment variable: DISABLE_EXTERNAL_IP_LOOKUP

pkg/web/handlers.go

@@ -1118,9 +1118,14 @@ func shouldAlertForCountry(country string, alertCountries []string) bool {
 
 // IndexHandler serves the HTML page
 func IndexHandler(c *gin.Context) {
+	// Check if external IP lookup is disabled via environment variable
+	// Default is enabled (false means enabled, true means disabled)
+	disableExternalIP := os.Getenv("DISABLE_EXTERNAL_IP_LOOKUP") == "true" || os.Getenv("DISABLE_EXTERNAL_IP_LOOKUP") == "1"
+
 	c.HTML(http.StatusOK, "index.html", gin.H{
-		"timestamp": time.Now().Format(time.RFC1123),
-		"version":   time.Now().Unix(),
+		"timestamp":         time.Now().Format(time.RFC1123),
+		"version":           time.Now().Unix(),
+		"disableExternalIP": disableExternalIP,
 	})
 }
 

pkg/web/static/js/init.js

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
   showLoading(true);
-  displayExternalIP();
+  // Only display external IP if the element exists (not disabled via template variable)
+  if (document.getElementById('external-ip')) {
+    displayExternalIP();
+  }
   
   // Initialize header components (clock and status indicator)
   if (typeof initHeader === 'function') {

pkg/web/templates/index.html

@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@
         </div>
         <div class="flex flex-col sm:flex-row sm:items-center gap-3">
           <div id="serverSelectorContainer" class="min-w-[220px]"></div>
+          {{if not .disableExternalIP}}
           <div class="text-sm text-gray-500 sm:ml-2">
             <span data-i18n="dashboard.external_ip">Your ext. IP:</span>
             <span id="external-ip" class="font-medium text-blue-600 hover:underline cursor-pointer">Loading…</span>
           </div>
+          {{end}}
           <div class="flex flex-col sm:flex-row gap-3">
             <button class="bg-blue-500 text-white px-4 py-2 rounded hover:bg-blue-600 transition-colors flex items-center gap-2"
               onclick="openServerManager()">