Indeed, in case of other web server in front of your application you should look how to pass smth like REMOTE_HOST or REMOTE_ADDR (CGI variables) to your application.
On 08.02.2012, at 20:05, deitch <[email protected]> wrote: > Chances are you have a Web server fronting your requests (Apache/ > Nginx), which has the actual IP the request came in on (LOL I just > wrote "the actual request the IP came in on" before I fixed it; get > *that* auto-correct). > > The http headers (especially if passed on) will include the hostname, > will they also include the request IP? You could probably configure > your front-end server (Apache or Nginx) to add it as an http header in > the request to the node app server, and then pull it from > request.headers, if it really matters. > > The more interesting question might be why you are doing this in the > first place? If this is a classic Web app, you shouldn't need it > inside your app, and might make it brittle. If it is some type of > other networking service, I can see how it might be needed. But why do > you need it, and is there a better solution? > > On Feb 6, 9:04 pm, Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 19:15, AJ ONeal <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Can someone suggest a strategy for determining which IP address a request >>> came through? >> >>> I'm not looking for the IP address of the remote. >> >>> I want the IP address of the server. >> >> You mean the address the connection came in on a server with multiple >> addresses? >> >> You can't. It's not a Node limitation, most (all?) operating systems >> don't provide that information. Bind to each address separately. > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
