Client IP preservation
When you use the LB Layer 7 tab to load balance traffic, HAProxy ALOHA acts as a proxy connected to the client on one end and the backend server on the other. In practice, that means that the server sees connections as through they originated from HAProxy ALOHA, with the client's source IP address masked by the load balancer's IP. That can skew the server's logs.
To overcome this, you can use the following techniques to preserve the client's source IP address and pass it to backend servers:
- Enable the Proxy Protocol
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Preserve the client's IP address by using the Proxy Protocol.
- Add an X-Forwarded-For header
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Preserve the client's IP address by adding an X-Forwarded-For header.
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Enable the Proxy Protocol