{"id":677,"date":"2012-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fir3netwp.gmsrrpobkbd.com\/2012\/06\/01\/brocade-adx-header-insert\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T13:07:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:07:39","slug":"brocade-adx-header-insert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/Loadbalancers\/Brocade\/brocade-adx-header-insert.html","title":{"rendered":"Brocade ADX: Insert X-Forwarded-Proto &#038; X-Forwarded-For Headers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Within this article we will look at the configuration steps required adding headers to your HTTP based traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The 2 headers we will look at are X-Forwarded-Proto and X-Forwarded-For. These headers are described below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>X-Forwarded-Proto<\/strong> &#8211; Inserts the protocol used between the client and the intermediary device (such as the LoadBalancer). Typically used when protocol translation is performed (such as SSL termination).<\/li>\n<li><strong>X-Forwarded-For<\/strong> &#8211; Inserts the client IP address. Typically used in SNAT scenarios where the Loadbalancer would only see connections originating from a translated IP address.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>X-Forwarded-Proto<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"codemulti\">csw-policy &#8220;INSERT_X-FORWARDED-PROTO-HTTPS&#8221;<br \/>\ndefault forward 1<br \/>\ndefault rewrite request-insert header &#8220;X-Forwarded-Proto:https&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>csw-policy &#8220;INSERT_X-FORWARDED-PROTO-HTTP&#8221;<br \/>\ndefault forward 1<br \/>\ndefault rewrite request-insert header &#8220;X-Forwarded-Proto:http&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>server virtual VIP_88.88.88.88 192.168.1.88<br \/>\nport ssl csw-policy &#8220;INSERT_X-FORWARDED-PROTO-HTTPS&#8221;<br \/>\nport ssl csw<br \/>\nport http csw-policy &#8220;INSERT_X-FORWARDED-PROTO-HTTP&#8221;<br \/>\nport http csw<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0bind http REALSERVER1 http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0bind http REALSERVER2 http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0bind http REALSERVER3 http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0bind ssl REALSERVER1 http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0bind ssl REALSERVER2 http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0bind ssl REALSERVER3 http<\/span><\/p>\n<p>server real REALSERVER1 192.168.1.11<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http keepalive<\/span><br \/>\nport http group-id 1 1<\/p>\n<p>server real REALSERVER2 192.168.1.12<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http keepalive<\/span><br \/>\nport http group-id 1 1<\/p>\n<p>server real REALSERVER3 192.168.1.13<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http keepalive<\/span><br \/>\nport http group-id 1 1<\/p>\n<h3><strong>X-Forwarded-For<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"codemulti\">csw-policy &#8220;INSERT_X-FORWARDED-FOR&#8221;<br \/>\ndefault forward 1<br \/>\ndefault rewrite request-insert client-ip &#8220;X-Forwarded-For&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>server virtual VIP_88.88.88.88 192.168.1.88<br \/>\nport http csw-policy &#8220;INSERT_X-FORWARDED-FOR&#8221;<br \/>\nport http csw<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0bind http REALSERVER1 http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0bind http REALSERVER2 http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0bind http REALSERVER3 http<\/span><\/p>\n<p>server real REALSERVER1 192.168.1.11<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http keepalive<\/span><br \/>\nport http group-id 1 1<\/p>\n<p>server real REALSERVER2 192.168.1.12<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http keepalive<\/span><br \/>\nport http group-id 1 1<\/p>\n<p>server real REALSERVER3 192.168.1.13<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0port http keepalive<\/span><br \/>\nport http group-id 1 1<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Combined<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Below we combine both headers into a single csw-policy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note<\/em> : For simplicity the virtual servers and real servers are not shown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"codemulti\">csw-policy &#8220;HEADER-INSERT-HTTP&#8221;<br \/>\ndefault forward 1<br \/>\ndefault rewrite request-insert header &#8220;X-Forwarded-Proto:http&#8221;<br \/>\ndefault rewrite request-insert client-ip &#8220;X-Forwarded-For&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>csw-policy &#8220;HEADER-INSERT-HTTPS&#8221;<br \/>\ndefault forward 1<br \/>\ndefault rewrite request-insert header &#8220;X-Forwarded-Proto:https&#8221;<br \/>\ndefault rewrite request-insert client-ip &#8220;X-Forwarded-For&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within this article we will look at the configuration steps required adding headers to your HTTP based traffic. 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