A traditional setup is having Nginx<\/a> as a frontend and then running Apache<\/a> through reverse proxy. The Apache logs become full of just a single IP address, the accesses from the Nginx server – usually 127.0.0.1 if you are running both on the same server.<\/p>\n No more GeoIP decisions on the backend or any other feature by remote address.<\/p>\n But we know that Nginx passes along the original client IP address on a HTTP header named Fortunately there is already a module that injects the IP on a special header to the HTTP request to Apache: The installation couldn’t be more simple than<\/p>\n It will enabled it automatically<\/p>\n In Nginx I usually include Just restart the Apache server<\/p>\n Unfortunately it won’t work if you are using Ubuntu 12.04.<\/p>\n There is a bug with the package that is known to Canonical since last December as you can see in the bug track<\/a>. Being a LTS version I don’t understand this attitude from them.<\/p>\n And the problem is that it is originally named Just edit the first line of Restart again the Apache2 server and you will start to get all those remote IPs on your log files.<\/p>\n If it was not for the known bug this post could have been just one line to install :-)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nginx as a reverse proxy for Apache A traditional setup is having Nginx as a frontend and then running Apache through reverse proxy. The Apache logs become full of just a single IP address, the accesses from the Nginx server… Continue Reading X-Forwarded-For<\/code> to the backend server. It would be awesome if Apache could deal with that,<\/p>\nHave no fear, Reverse Proxy Add Forward is here!<\/h2>\n
mod_rpaf<\/code><\/p>\n\r\n$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-rpaf\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n\/etc\/apache2\/mods-enabled\/rpaf.conf\r\n\/etc\/apache2\/mods-enabled\/rpaf.load\r\n<\/pre>\n
\/etc\/nginx\/proxy.conf<\/code> in my configuration. It already has these lines to help that everything works easily<\/p>\n\r\nproxy_set_header Host $host;\r\nproxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;\r\nproxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n$ sudo service apache2 restart\r\n<\/pre>\n
But there’s a problem<\/h2>\n
mod_rpaf<\/code> is not working on Precise !<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n$ cat \/etc\/apache2\/mods-enabled\/rpaf.conf \r\n
mod_rpaf-2.0.c<\/code>.<\/p>\n\r\n$ strings \/usr\/lib\/apache2\/modules\/mod_rpaf.so | grep mod_rpaf\r\nmod_rpaf.so\r\nmod_rpaf-2.0.c\r\nEnable mod_rpaf\r\nLet mod_rpaf set the hostname from X-Host header and update vhosts\r\n<\/pre>\n
\/etc\/apache2\/mods-enabled\/rpaf.conf<\/code> and change it to<\/p>\n\r\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n
mod_rpaf<\/code><\/p>\n