> Is there any way to add pass the domain name of the requesting client and allow based on that?
You may try to pass the remote_host to the backend server by setting a request header at your frontend server:
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Browse All TopicsI have an apache proxy server that forwards requests to backend servers. The backend servers use mod_access to allow or deny access to specific directories. Before implementing a proxy server with backend web servers, the one web server used a syntax like:
order deny, allow
deny from all
allow from 10.10.4
allow from domain.com
but now, the ip and domain are always the proxy server. I know the X-Forwarded_For ip is set, but I don't know how to add that into the mod_access configuration. And I don't see the forwarded host at all. Is there any way to do this?
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by: philjones85Posted on 2009-06-17 at 14:20:26ID: 24652724
I found that I can allow access via IP with:
SetEnvIf X-Forwarded-For "^192\.168\.0\." allowme
order allow,deny
allow from env=allowme
deny from all
Is there any way to add pass the domain name of the requesting client and allow based on that?