X-Forwarded-For HTTP Header

Summary

X-Forwarded-For HTTP Header indicates the IP addresses that a request has flowed through on its way from the client to the server.

Do not append proxy IP addresses to the x-forwarded-for HTTP header. See the Envoy docs for more information.

How to configure

Core

Config file keys	Environment variables	Type	Default
skip_xff_append	SKIP_XFF_APPEND	boolean	false

Enterprise

Configure X-Forward-For HTTP Headers with the toggle button in the Console. The button has three states:

• Unset ("-") uses the value in your configuration file
• Checkmark sets skip_xff_append to true
• Empty sets skip_xff_append to false

Kubernetes

Kubernetes does not support skip_xff_append

Examples

# config file key
skip_xff_append: true

# environment variable
SKIP_XFF_APPEND=true