You might try:
environ.get('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR', environ['REMOTE_ADDR'])
See also http://thepcspy.com/read/getting_the_real_ip_of_your_users/
On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 07:43 -0800, lost_rat wrote:
> The variable:
>
> request.environ['REMOTE_ADDR']
>
> always returns 127.0.0.1 for all requests when my Pyramid App is
> deployed via Apache using ProxyPass
>
> Snippet from httpd.conf:
>
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>
> ServerName www.example.com
>
> ServerAlias example.com
>
>
> # ----->>>> this is the line that I found useful:
> SetEnvIf HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR (.*) REMOTE_ADDR=$1
>
>
> ProxyRequests Off
>
>
>
> ProxyPass / http://localhost:6543/ retry=5
>
> ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:6543/
>
> ProxyPreserveHost On
>
> <Proxy *>
>
> Order deny,allow
>
> Allow from all
>
> </Proxy>
>
> </VirtualHost>
>
>
> Snippet from a handler:
>
> from pyramid_handlers import action
> class AcctHandler(object):
> def __init__(self, request):
> self.request = request
>
> def _getRemoteIP(self):
> IP = self.request.environ.get('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR')
> if not IP:
> IP = self.request.environ['REMOTE_ADDR']
> return IP
>
> Snippet from authentication.py, with intermediate lines excluded:
>
> class AuthTktCookieHelper(object):
> def remember(self, request, userid, max_age=None, tokens=()):
> environ = request.environ
> if self.include_ip:
> remote_addr = environ['REMOTE_ADDR']
> else:
> remote_addr = '0.0.0.0'
>
>
> Are the IP specific restraints or conditions from a client wholly
> useless here, or is there something that I am obviously missing?
>
> I found this AuthTktCookieHelper function when trying to figure out
> how to set the max_age on a cookie.
>
> I still have not yet figured out how to simply set the max_age value
> for the cookie, from my login handler function.
> [ remember(self.request, username) ]
>
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