If you’re like many of our clients, you not only want to retrieve the original client IP for your web server logs, but you want to use them in code as well… for example, to track invalid login attempts, or record the IP in a database for online payments etc. (NOTE: If you need the […]
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How can I obtain the original client IP address? All connections from the cloud load balancer seem to come from the same few IP addresses
NOTE: This article covers obtaining the original client IP for logging purposes. If you need to obtain it for use in your code, check out this article. Because the Cloud Load Balancer acts as a proxy between the client and your server(s), you will no longer see the client’s IP address but one of our […]
Extracting the Client IP in IIS 7.0 and 7.5
NOTE: This article covers obtaining the original client IP for logging purposes. If you need to obtain it for use in your code, check out this article. IMPORTANT! Before implementing the steps below, we’ll assume you’ve enabled the “client-ip” header pass-through. To do so, log into the management portal and edit your server(s). In the […]
Extracting the Client IP in IIS 6 or lower
NOTE: This article covers obtaining the original client IP for logging purposes. If you need to obtain it for use in your code, check out this article. IMPORTANT! Before implementing the steps below, we’ll assume you’ve enabled the “client-ip” header pass-through. To do so, log into the management portal and edit your server(s). In the […]
Extracting the Client IP in Apache 2.0 and 2.2
NOTE: This article covers obtaining the original client IP for logging purposes. If you need to obtain it for use in your code, check out this article. NOTE: Before implementing the steps below, we’ll assume you’ve enabled the “X-Forwarded-For” header pass-through. To do so, log into the management portal and edit your server(s). In the settings […]