Here is the repsonse from webfaction that will explain the issue.... > I have two sites running. One is a static/cgi/php site and the other is a > wsgi site both using a shared IP. > > I use ip = env['REMOTE_ADDR'] to get the remote address. > > When I save ip in a table for the static site I see what I believe is the > correct IP. On the wsgi site I see 127.0.0.1. If I remove the wsgi site > and use a static site then I get the correct referer IP. Why does this > happen for a wsgi site?
All requests to your sites are proxied from the front-end web server to another server internally. So, when the request reaches your app, it's actually coming from the internal IP 127.0.0.1. When the request is proxied, the original IP is stored in the X-Forwarded-For header. Static/CGI/PHP sites are proxied to our shared Apache+PHP environment. That environment uses an Apache module to masquerade X-Forwarded-For as REMOTE_ADDR. Your other apps do not use that module, so if you need to check IP for those apps (like a mod_wsgi site) then you need to look at X-Forwarded-For. Hope that helps! On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 9:36 PM, paul jobs <[email protected]> wrote: > web.ctx.env['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] wat is this? > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Anand Chitipothu <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> 2009/7/6 Monty808 <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Normally I use env['REMOTE_ADDR'] to get the IP address. But..on >>> webfaction using wsgi...I have to use X-Forwarded-For to get the IP >>> address. >>> >>> So...what is the code to get the IP address? >> >> >> Try using web.ctx.ip. If that doesn't work, try >> web.ctx.env['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']. >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > BidEgg - Worlds best low price Auction site > http://bidegg.com > > > > > -- David Montgomery Chief Technical Officer Ad Aloha http://www.AdAloha.com Honolulu, Hawaii 96815 808-351-5046 Calandar http://users.adaloha.com/davidmontgomery_calandar --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web.py" 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/webpy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
