> In order to leave intact the application on the backup server, could we use > a setenv mechanism on the backend server, in order to rewrite the > remote_addr variable with the x_forwarded_for variable ? No. This would require a custom apache module. (It probably wouldn't be too complicated, but you would need to be very careful about security issues.) Joshua.
hmm. I'm working on a very related issue, trying to use SetEnv to copy the value of one environment variable (set via the header of the HTTP request) to another. Kind of
SetEnv NEW_VAR %{HTTP_SOME_HEADER_FIELD}e
You say above that this requires writing a custom module and earlier
inquiries on the same issue, it seems haven't come up with answers either (see
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-users/200403.mbox/%3cF71DE20E4813974B87772D7DDACE8E510F7AB5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx%3eI'm new to writing modules and was wondering whether you could give me some general direction (keywords, similar examples) to get me started. Maybe Mod-Python would be the easiest way to get something working fast?
many thanks in advance -bud
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