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EIT_Network
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Feb 27, 2019

How to Check Actual Source IP when SNAT-Automap is enable.

Hi All,   We have a VS configured with SNAT-Automap enabled. Due to some requirement we would like to check the actual requestor source IP sending traffic towards Pool members, as of now it's sho...
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rct
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Feb 27, 2019

Hi Uzair,

 

If you are deploying an HTTP virtual server, or an HTTPS virtual server with offload or SSL-briding, you may be able to make use of an additional HTTP header, X-Forwarded-For. This will actually add the client-IP address to the webserver logs. Please check K4816. It may be the solution that you are looking for.

 

(https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K4816)

 

K4816: Using the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header to preserve the original client IP address for traffic translated by a SNAT.