# Geoip\_country\_code header is deleted when I set another custom header **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [January 10, 2014, 10:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geoip-country-code-header-is-deleted-when-i-set-another-custom-header/238445 "2014-01-10T10:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 10:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geoip-country-code-header-is-deleted-when-i-set-another-custom-header/238445/1 "2014-01-10T10:40:45Z")
Hello everybody. I have a nginx (version: nginx/0.7.67) running as a loadbalancer for two tomcat7 servers with the geoip module. It was working correctly until I changed the configuration file placed in available-locations called default (we work only with the default one). The changes were made to detect mobile traffic and include a custom header. Changes are shown below: ## BEGIN DEFAULT #—\>content added after “server{” server { set $mobile\_flag NO; ## regex for determining if it is mobile traffic if ($http\_user\_agent ~\* “(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino”) { set $mobile\_flag YES; } if ($http\_user\_agent ~\* “^(1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw-(n|u)|c55/|capi|ccwa|cdm-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf-5|g-mo|go(.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd-(m|p|t)|hei-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs-c|ht(c(-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |-|/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |/)|klon|kpt |kwc-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|/(k|l|u)|50|54|-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1-w|m3ga|m50/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m-cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt-g|qa-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|-[2-7]|i-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h-|oo|p-)|sdk/|se(c(-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh-|shar|sie(-|m)|sk-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h-|v-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl-|tdg-|tel(i|m)|tim-|t-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m-|m3|m5)|tx-9|up(.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas-|your|zeto|zte-)”) { set $mobile\_flag YES; } … #–\>line added after “menosbasico;” location / { proxy\_pass [http://xx](http://xx); access\_log /var/log/nginx/xx.access.log menosbasico; proxy\_set\_header ismobiletraffic $mobile\_flag; } ## END DEFAULT FILE The proxy\_set\_header directive for geoip is placed in nginx.conf ## BEGIN NGINX.CONF … … http { access\_log /var/log/nginx/access.log; error\_log /var/log/nginx/error.log; rewrite\_log on; ``` proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr; geoip_country /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat; proxy_set_header GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE $geoip_country_code; ``` … … ## END NGINX.CONF The problem is that now, the ismobiletraffic header is set correctly, but the geoip headers have disspeared from the request. Seems to have been overwritten. Should I place the mobile traffic detection on NGINX.CONF at http{ } level? I have been looking for a solution but I didn’t find anything helpful. Thanks in advance for your tips and advices! Thanks, Marcos. Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[geoip\_country\_code header is deleted when I set another custom header](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,246224,246224#msg-246224)** > > Hello everybody. I have a nginx (version: nginx/0.7.67) running as a loadbalancer for two tomcat7 servers with the geoip module. It was working correctly until I changed the configuration file placed in available-locations called default (we work... ---
**Author:** ![MarcPapers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@MarcPapers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MarcPapers)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 11:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geoip-country-code-header-is-deleted-when-i-set-another-custom-header/238445/2 "2014-01-10T11:38:34Z")
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 04:40:00AM -0500, MarcPapers wrote: […] > ## BEGIN NGINX.CONF > > overwritten. Should I place the mobile traffic detection on NGINX.CONF at > http{ } level? I have been looking for a solution but I didn’t find anything > helpful. Thanks in advance for your tips and advices! It’s expected and documented behavior: [http://nginx.org/r/proxy\_set\_header](http://nginx.org/r/proxy_set_header) : These directives are inherited from the previous level if and only if : there are no proxy\_set\_header directives defined on the current level. ---
**Author:** ![MarcPapers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@MarcPapers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MarcPapers)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geoip-country-code-header-is-deleted-when-i-set-another-custom-header/238445/3 "2014-01-10T11:57:51Z")
Thanks Ruslan, obviously at the level(http server) that I was setting the mobile header, it didn’t use to inherit the geoip header because it was set in a previous level (nginx configuration). I didn’t see it. Thanks for your help. What I did for doing it work properly was adding the geoip at the same level, resulting like that: location / { proxy\_pass [http://xx](http://xx); access\_log /var/log/nginx/xx.access.log menosbasico; proxy\_set\_header GEOIP\_COUNTRY\_CODE $geoip\_country\_code; proxy\_set\_header ismobiletraff $mobile\_flag; } Thank you very much! Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: geoip\_country\_code header is deleted when I set another custom header](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,246224,246230#msg-246230)** > > Hello everybody. I have a nginx (version: nginx/0.7.67) running as a loadbalancer for two tomcat7 servers with the geoip module. It was working correctly until I changed the configuration file placed in available-locations called default (we work...