REMOTE_ADDR IP from user instead of Nginx reverse proxy server
Solution 1
The IP address of your visitor should be accessible using
$_SERVER['HTTP_X_REAL_IP'];
instead of
$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
If you want to replace the REMOTE_ADDR
header, try this in your NGINX configuration: (And don't forget to reload/restart your NGINX-server)
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Real-Ip $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
proxy_pass 172.19.0.4;
}
Solution 2
Add http config set_real_ip_from
http {
...
set_real_ip_from 172.19.0.5/16 # ip of Nginx server;
Tom
Updated on July 09, 2022Comments
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Tom almost 2 years
I already read a lot of posts about this topic and tried several solutions but did not find a working slotion.
I have setup an Nginx reverse proxy in front of my Apache server. When my php application uses the REMOTE_ADDR function it gets the IP of the Nginx server instead off the user.
I'm using Apache 2.4.10, so module_remoteip.c should be installed. But it is not loaded.
Therefore I installed rpaf_module. It looks like this module is installed correctly, with phpinfo() mod_rpaf-2 is shown with the loaded modules. The I modified the /etc/apache2/mods-available/rpaf.conf file with the following content:
<IfModule rpaf_module> RPAFenable On RPAFsethostname On RPAFproxy_ips 172.19.0.5 # ip of Nginx server RPAFheader X-Forwarded-For </IfModule>
My Nginx configuration look like this:
location / { proxy_set_header X-Real-Ip $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_pass 172.19.0.4; }
Help is appreciated?
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Tom almost 7 yearsThat is correct, only I don't want modify my Symfony2 source code and keep that code standard.
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Tom almost 7 yearsAfter changing to your example and reseting Nginx & Apache, I still getting the Nginx IP address.
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Pieter De Clercq almost 7 yearsTry following the steps described at: stackoverflow.com/a/8201447/3499277
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Chandler's Sexyface over 3 yearsproxy_set_header Host $http_host; get origin port