PROXY protocol to upstream server

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 11:33:25PM +0300, Danila Vershinin wrote:

> It seems that nginx can accept PROXY protocol fine, but when it 
> comes to forwarding, it can only do so only within a stream { 
> server { … proxy_protocol on; } } .
> 
> Are there any plans to add proxy_protocol on; for regular HTTP 
> server blocks so it can be used alongside proxy_pass? This would 
> come in very handy in a situation where NGINX is used as SSL 
> terminator, e.g.:
> 
> NGINX (SSL) → (Proxy protocol) → Varnish.
> 
> Varnish supports accepting PROXY protocol.

There are no such plans, because in HTTP the same connection can 
be used for requests from different clients.  Consider using 
X-Forwarded-For instead.

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Maxim Dounin
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