[Zope] Logging client IPs to Z2.log

[Jonathan]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Oliver Hookins" <oliver.hookins at anchor.com.au>
To: <zope at zope.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:26 AM
Subject: [Zope] Logging client IPs to Z2.log


> Hi there,
>
> First up:
> Python 2.4.2
> Zope 2.9.4
>
> I'm a relative Zope newbie so please forgive my ignorance but I have not 
> been
> able to find an answer anywhere else. AFAIK there are a couple of options 
> for
> running Zope behind Apache - PCGI/FCGI or mod_proxy. It seems PCGI/FCGI is
> deprecated in later versions and mod_proxy is recommended.
>
> However, when running Zope behind mod_proxy all of the requests to Zope
> naturally come from the webserver (in this case running on the same 
> machine)
> hence all entries in Z2.log are prefixed by a client address of 127.0.0.1.
>
> I have the following options turned on:
> trusted-proxy 127.0.0.1  (in zope/etc/zope.conf)
>
> ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8080/
> ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8080/
> ProxyPreserveHost On
> ProxyVia On
> (in the vhost config in apache)
>
> The trusted-proxy parameter seems to related to the X-Forwarded-For header 
> which
> doesn't appear to be dealt with by Apache. It would seem that neither 
> Apache nor
> Zope can communicate the client's IP by the methods I have used, as Z2.log 
> still
> contains 127.0.0.1 for every request.
>
> So... is it at all possible to log the real client IPs in Z2.log using
> mod_proxy? If not what is going to happen when (and if) PCGI/FCGI support 
> is
> removed?

It may be that you need to reconfigure apache, have a look at the apache 
docs:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html


Jonathan