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EGhannam_210078
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Jul 06, 2015

Configure X-forwarded-for on WebSphere App server

Hi,   I need to use X-forwarded-for to print data from the client that hit the load balance in WebSphere app server.   My architecture as follows:   5 app server connect to --- F5 ---- dir...
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Kevin_Stewart
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Jul 06, 2015

I can't speak for the configuration of the app server, but you've verified that the application is indeed HTTP-based. Enabling the X-Forwarded-For option in an HTTP profile applied to the BIG-IP virtual server will cause it to send the client's true source address in the XFF HTTP header to the server.