thx. i looked up the environment variables coming in from browser, and i see this:
HTTP_VIA: 1.1 some_other_PROXY_FQDN:8080 (squid/2.7.STABLE7), 1.0 my_browser_PROXY_FQDN:8080 (squid/2.6.STABLE22)
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: <right_IP_of_accessing_PC>, <IP_of_proxy>
PATH: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
QUERY_STRING:
REMOTE_ADDR: <wrong_IP_of_some_unrelated_server>
REMOTE_PORT: 15930
I would also mention that, another website running on same box, using mysql authentication, is registering correct IPs in the log.
Another thing to note is: yet another virtual website on the same box, using external authentication - was - also recording the right IP !!!
somehow it seems only this website is not recording the right IP.....
I read that link, but did not understand much.
my issue is how to get right IP in the server logs?
pl advice.
ty.
Rajeev
From: John Karr <brainbuz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 9:51 PM
Subject: RE: wrong IP address in apache logs
You may want to look at: reverse proxy add forward module for Apache (mod_rpaf). It cleaned up a big headache for me. You define a list of your possible proxy sources and what your x-forwarded header is, and it just takes care of it. The developer’s site is http://stderr.net/apache/rpaf/
Although maintained outside the Apache Project it has been available in Ubuntu since at least Hardy. (package name: libapache2-mod-rpaf). Also since 10.10 is no longer
supported, you’ll need to upgrade your system to install any packages.
From: Rajeev Prasad [mailto:rp.neuli@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 7:49 PM
To: apache list
Subject: wrong IP address in apache logs
Hello,
I am using authentication from another site in intranet (redirect user), but i am expecting the user's PC IP in the apache logs. I am not seeing that, I sometimes see VPN IP (when I come over VPN) or IP of a server, which is entirely different hardware. has no connection to mine.
can anyone help understand and resolve this issue? None of the users coming to site show their PC IP address in log. I want to fix this ASAP.
server: ubuntu 10.10
apache: 2.2.16
I have following in my site config, in virtual host config:
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mywebsite.error.log
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mywebsite.access.log combined
ty.
