By smauer
I cannot use nodejs with expressjs to get the client IP address (enabled with ssl) behind a Digital Ocean Loadbalancer when using “req.headers[‘x-forwarded-for’];”.
To manage the droplet I use “dokku” witch installs “nginx”.
How can I get the real client IP address behind a Digital Ocean Loadbalancer with a SSL connection?
Please help me.
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I have found the error that makes “dokku” in the configuration of nginx.
You must replace proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
TO proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $http_x_forwarded_for;
in the following file: /home/dokku/yourappname/nginx.conf
I hope this helps someone else as well.
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