x-forwarded-for and two nginx instances + apache

[Boyko Yordanov]

Solved! I was (wrongly) overwriting the x-real-ip and x-forwarded-for headers with the second nginx.

Boyko

On Jun 13, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Boyko Yordanov wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I'm running two nginx instances in-front of Apache. Trying to pass visitors real-ip address to apache.
> 
> In normal cases (with one nginx instance in-front of Apache) I'm using:
> 
>            proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For  $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
> 
> and mod_rpaf on apache to handle the  X-Forwarded-For header.
> 
> How do I proceed with two nginx instances where the first one should pass $remote_addr to the second one, which should pass it to Apache?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Boyko