Now I am confused. You have a proxy server written in node, so you want to know the IP it came in on?
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 7:51 AM, AJ ONeal <[email protected]> wrote: > No, it's a proxy-ish server that dynamically starts other servers for > testing and closes them when the test is finished. > > I wanted to tell the client the IP address of the server with the > assumption that usually it's the same IP as the proxy, but could be > different. > > Sent from my Android > On Feb 8, 2012 6:06 AM, "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 > -- 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
