Proxy IP Header

[gbrain]

Hi, does this still work in V5 or was this feature removed .

We just upgraded from 4 to 5 and I included this section but it does not seem to be working any more ?

thanks

G.

* #### Reverse Proxy IP #### 
If your use a system where the main IP address passed to vBulletin is the address of a proxy server 
and the actual 'real' ip address is passed in another http header then you enter the details here */

/* Enter your known [trusted] proxy servers here. You can list multiple trusted IPs separated by a comma.*/
$config['Misc']['proxyiplist'] = '100.50.75.25';

/* If the real IP is passed in a http header variable other than HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR, then you can set the name here; */
$config['Misc']['proxyipheader'] = 'HTTP_X_REAL_IP'; 

[gbrain]

Hi, searching your code I see there is a Function called fetch_alt_ip() is this called automatically or is there a user setting to enabled this.

I have verified that the forwarding header is being sent but its not matching the function. ?

thanks

G.

[Zachery]

As of right now in 5, you need to manually make changes.

Here are my rough notes for the vBulletin 5 changes:

In /core/includes/class_core.php, I changed this:

function fetch_ip()
{
return $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
} 

to this:

function fetch_ip()
{
// return $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
return $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REAL_IP'];
} 

and in core/vb/request.php (around line 204), I changed this:

//These are set from the web page bot not from CLI
if (!isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
{
$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = ;
}
return $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
} 

to this:

//These are set from the web page bot not from CLI
if (!isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
{
$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = ;
}
// return $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
return $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REAL_IP'];
} 

and then a few lines below that, see this:

if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
{
$alt_ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
} 

and below it I added this:

if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == $_SERVER["SERVER_ADDR"])
{
$alt_ip = $_SERVER["HTTP_X_REAL_IP"];
} 

You may need to change HTTP_X_REAL_IP to your header that is being passed.

[gbrain]

Hi Zachery, many thanks for the confirmation. I will make these changes tomorrow and let you know.

Thanks again

G.

Confirmed working the CM will be happy his Google Analytics will be showing data again

[Zachery]

Glad you got this sorted.