[dancer-users] Client IP addr from behind a proxy

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

On 4/7/20 4:04 PM, Mike Diehl wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Fairly new user here...
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> I've got a server that sits on our LAN behind a SonicWall firewall. Our Dancer2 application is running on port 8080 and
> is being reverse proxied by Apache.
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> Yuck, I know.
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> So, I'd like to get the actual client's IP address for logging purposes. To test that, I've got these lines in my program:
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> session->write("CLIENT_IP", request->remote_address);
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> session->write("FORWARD_IP", request->header('x-forwarded-for'));
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> session->write("REAL_IP", request->header('x-real-ip'));
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> These tests were based on a few Google searches.
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> What I find in my session is: (sanitized)
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> CLIENT_IP: 127.0.0.1
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> FORWARD_IP: 98.101.x.y
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> REAL_IP: ~
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> However, my address is 10.2.1.219. The 98.101.x.y address is our outward facing IP address on the SonicWall.
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> The Apache config resembles:
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> <Location "/Apps/">
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> ProxyPass "http://127.0.0.1:8080/Apps/"
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> </Location>
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> So, is what I'm wanting to do even possible in this configuration? If so, how?

Hello Mike,

did you add behind_proxy to your configuration
(https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer2::Manual::Deployment#Running-stand-alone-behind-a-proxy-/-load-balancer) ?

Regards
          Racke

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> Thanks in advance,
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> Mike Diehl
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