Hi,

I use a 2-apache server setup. Static docs are on a "lite" build of apache. mod_perl apps get forwarded to a "heavy" build of apache via mod_proxy. (I set it up according to this: http://modperlbook.org/html/ch12_03.html)

My problem is that REMOTE_ADDR is being set to 127.0.0.1 instead of the users actual ip address. The correct ip is in the env variable X_FORWARDED_FOR.

Is there a hook I can add to set REMOTE_ADDR equal to X_FORWARDED_FOR? This would have to happen before the forum makes any use of the REMOTE_ADDR variable. I just don't know where that would be.

looks like I'll answer my own post lol.

I got it to work by creating a "main" hook that simply had the line:

$ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} = $ENV{HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR};

Hi,

Got an anti-DDoS router by any chance? <G>

We had a similar problem. Basically, you can change the REMOTE_ADDR value to HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR in one of the Apache config files (Alex @ GT did this for us, so I'm afraid I don't know the gorey details +)).

Hope that helps

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

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You might want to take a look at mod_rpaf-2.0

It's similar to mod_proxy_forward, except with mod_rpaf, you just put it on the backend server and nothing needs to be changed on the front end.