Add Forwarded HTTP header for TP proxy and logs #7289
Labels
improvement
The functionality exists but it could be improved in some way.
low difficulty
the estimated level of effort to resolve this issue is low
low impact
affects only a small portion of a CDN, and cannot itself break one
Traffic Ops
related to Traffic Ops
Traffic Portal v1
related to Traffic Portal version 1
This Improvement request (usability, performance, tech debt, etc.) affects these Traffic Control components:
Current behavior:
It's not possible to know from TO access logs who the client was when it's passing through the TP proxy.
New behavior:
TP should set the
X-Forwarded-For
HTTP header, if not already set somehow, when operating as a proxy. TO should include this in its access logs additionally so you can find client sources that pass through TP or go direct to TO.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: