Realip module trouble

Server NGINX
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Hi guys,

I’m having some trouble using realip module. My case is rather simple,
so I hope you can help me figure it out :).

My Nginx is accessed either directly by clients or via a proxy. In
either case I’d like to see client’s IP in the logs. So I used the
realip module and put this into my config file:

set_real_ip_from 10.60.1.120;
real_ip_header X-Forwarded-For;

It works but not in all cases:

  • If I access Nginx directly and don’t put any X-Forwarded-For header,
    I see correct IP in the log file.
  • If I access Nginx directly and put a fake X-Forwarded-For header,
    Nginx ignores it and puts correct IP in the log file.
  • If I access Nginx via proxy and don’t put any X-Forwarded-For
    header, I see correct IP in the log file - Nginx reads the
    X-Forwarded-For header set by my proxy.
  • If I access Nginx via proxy and put a fake X-Forwarded-For header,
    the IP in the log file is not correct. My proxy simply adds another
    header, so there are two X-Forwarded-For headers in the request and
    Nginx seems to take the first one, not the last.

I read previous posts about this issue, but I’m using Nginx 0.7.31 and
I can’t apply previous solutions.

Regards,

Mike