Keep client ip address

[Igor Sysoev]

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006, Aleksandar Lazic wrote:

> On Sam 30.12.2006 21:26, Igor Sysoev wrote:
>> 
>>> I have the following system:
> [snipp]
>>> Is what i want to do possible? Does my approach make sense?
>> 
>> nginx passes a client address in X-Real-IP or X-Forwarded-For using
>> 
>>            proxy_set_header        X-Real-IP        $remote_addr;
>>            proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For 
>> $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
>> 
>> On Apache side you need to set mod_rpaf ( http://stderr.net/apache/rpaf/ )
>
> or you change %h with %{X-Real-IP}i or with %{X-Forwarded-For}i
>
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_log_config.html
>
>> On nginx side you do not need
>> 
>>            set_real_ip_from   192.168.1.0/24;
>>            real_ip_header     X-Real-IP;
>> 
>> They do the same thing as mod_rapf for Apache.
>
> I think the realip_module isn't build by default, isn't it?!

Yes, it is not build by default.

> If not then don't forget to give --with-http_realip_module option to
> ./configure ;-)

No, he does not need the module.


Igor Sysoev
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