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pedinopa_170325
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Dec 09, 2015

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I enabled x-forwarded-by for a VS in an irule and in my http profile. I enabled advanced logging on my server but no data is returned for the X-FORWARDED-FOR field. This server runs IIS 8 (do I nee...
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Brad_Parker_139
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Dec 09, 2015

Have you configure advanced logging to capture the header?

 

http://blogs.iis.net/deanc/iis7-8-logging-the-real-client-ip-in-the-iis-hit-logs

 

Also, you don't need x-forwarded-for enabled in both an iRule and your http profile. Chose one or the other. The profile would be more efficient. Also, if at all possible I would recomend moving to IIS 8.5 on 2012R2 as it now has Enhanced Logging which is easy to add any header or cookie value to your logs from the IIS logging management console.

 

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    Brad_Parker_139
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    Dec 09, 2015
    You will require a client SSL profile and an HTTP profile for an HTTPS VS.