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- Brad_Parker_139Nacreous
Yes. What are you wanting the F5 to do with the client IP?
- yuanqiang_22112NimbostratusI hope f5 send client ip to server by X-Real-IP ?
- Brad_Parker_139NacreousYes, the BigIP will forward on the X-Real-IP header, if it is presented by the client, to the backend server. You can also enable X-Forwarded-For in the HTTP profile if you need the BigIP to insert a header with the clients IP for the servers to consume.
- yuanqiang_22112Nimbostratusou ,thank you ! I know how to use X-Forwarded-For to insert a header with the clients ip ,but I don't know how to use X-Real-IP ; X-Real-IP need use irules achieve ?
- Brad_ParkerCirrus
Yes. What are you wanting the F5 to do with the client IP?
- yuanqiang_22112NimbostratusI hope f5 send client ip to server by X-Real-IP ?
- Brad_ParkerCirrusYes, the BigIP will forward on the X-Real-IP header, if it is presented by the client, to the backend server. You can also enable X-Forwarded-For in the HTTP profile if you need the BigIP to insert a header with the clients IP for the servers to consume.
- yuanqiang_22112Nimbostratusou ,thank you ! I know how to use X-Forwarded-For to insert a header with the clients ip ,but I don't know how to use X-Real-IP ; X-Real-IP need use irules achieve ?