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Allwin_179373
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Jun 30, 2017

X-forwarded Http irule

Hi,   I'm able to get the user IP through X-forwarded Rule, is there any way we can forward the user details (Hostname/Username) to the backend Web servers.  
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Stefan_Klotz_85
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Jun 30, 2017

Hi Allwin,

 

as crodriguez already mentioned, please provide us some more details where your user details (hostname, username) are located in the request (maybe you can provide a sample call). In case you have a standard configuration normally all parts of the request will be forwarded to the real server as is. Only IP-address (and maybe port) will be translated. But I assume the reason why you are asking is, that you don't see the required information on your servers although they will be send towards the F5?

 

Ciao Stefan :)

 

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Allwin_179373
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Jul 03, 2017

Hi Stefan,

 

Thanks for the response.

 

We are trying to get the usernames who are logging into the Citrix Web Interface Servers.

 

When we configured the x-Forwarded for, we got the IP from where the user is getting logged into, but not the username.

 

All the users are logging in to Citrix through F5 only, but via different modes as in Thin client, thick client, MPLS, etc...

 

In this scenario, is there a possibility to find out the usernames?