Confused about X-Forwarded-For

[Rt Ibmer]

>I am using nginx as a load balancing proxy to pass requests using
>proxy_pass to upstream servers running my web app. These requests
>may or may not come in with X-Forwarded-For, depending on whether the visitor is using a proxy.

I did some digging and as it turns out:
  proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

Adds the $remote_add to the X-Forwarded-For automatically.

So in summary, if X-Forwarded-For is present, then it gets rewritten by nginx as:
 X-Forwarded-For: whatever.ip.was.therebeforenginx,the.ip.hitting.nginx

and if no X-Forwarded-For is present, then it gets added by nginx as:
  X-Forwarded-For: the.ip.hitting.nginx

This behavior is exactly as needed and solves my inquiry.  I will update the wiki to make it more clear that $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for will automatically include the IP hitting nginx.  Thanks.



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