when your Apache2 is configured as reverse-proxy you are fowarding
IP,RequestedHost and Proxy-Server specifically:
When acting in a reverse-proxy mode (using the ProxyPass directive, for
example),
mod_proxy_http adds several request headers in
order to pass information to the origin server. These headers
are:
X-Forwarded-ForThe IP address of the client.X-Forwarded-HostThe original
host requested by the client in the Host
HTTP request header.X-Forwarded-ServerThe hostname of the proxy server.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html
is this not the case?
Martin
______________________________________________
> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 05:53:14 -0700
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Weird problerm accessing request headers from tomcat
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>
> Hi,
>
> sorry for the crosspost, but I am not sure where to ask. I am trying to
> understand a weird problem accessing HTTP request headers from a jsf page.
>
> The setup is as follows:
>
> apache1 -> apache2 -> mod_jk -> tomcat
>
> Apache1 is accessible from the Internet and forwards requests to my
> application
> to apache2. I have no direct control over the setup of apache1 and I cannot
> look
> at the configuration. Apache2 (2.0.63 on Linux) is answering requests from
> the
> intranet and forwards them via mod_jk (1.2.30) to two loadbanced tomcats
> (Linux,
> 6.0.32).
>
> Apache1 inserts the following variables into the requests it forwards to
> Apache1. Apache1 can see them, I have checked that using cgi-bin/printenv
> (some
> values anonymized):
>
> HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR="aa.bb.cc.dd"
> HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST="xxx.yyy.net"
> HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PORT="443"
> HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTOCOL="https"
> HTTP_X_FORWARDED_SERVER="aaa.bbb.ccc"
>
> If I try to read those variables from the tomcat application using this
> facelett code:
>
> <h:outputText style="font: bold 14px sans-serif;"
> value="X_FORWARDED_HOST: #{header['X_FORWARDED_HOST']}" />
> <br />
> <h:outputText style="font: bold 14px sans-serif;"
> value="X_FORWARDED_PROTOCOL:
> #{header['X_FORWARDED_PROTOCOL']}"
> />
> <br />
> <h:outputText style="font: bold 14px sans-serif;"
> value="X_FORWARDED_PORT: #{header['X_FORWARDED_PORT']}" />
> <br />
> <h:outputText style="font: bold 14px sans-serif;"
> value="X_FORWARDED_FOR: #{header['X_FORWARDED_FOR']}" />
> <br />
> <h:outputText style="font: bold 14px sans-serif;"
> value="X_FORWARDED_SERVER: #{header['X_FORWARDED_SERVER']}" />
> <br />
>
>
> Only X_FORWARDED_PORT and X_FORWARDED_PROTOCOL are set. The other three are
> empty/null. It seem that somewhere they get dropped between Apache2, mod_jk
> and
> Tomcat.
>
> Now, I know that _PORT and _PROTOCOL are inserted at Apache1 using
> 'RequestHeader set X_FORWARDED_PROTOCOL "https"', while I do not know how the
> other three are generated. If I add 'RequestHeader set X_FORWARDED_HOST
> "xxx.yyy.net"' to the configuration from apache2, the application sees that
> header as well. Confused? so am I :-(
>
> Happy weekend
>
> Martin
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