Mongrel users - Nov 2007 - help! problem with mongrel, request.remote_ip and lighttpd

I have an existing rails application on lighttpd and I am trrying to upgrade 
to mongrel for the enhanced scalability it offers.

I am running mongrel 1.1.1, rails 1.2.5, lighttpd 1.4.13 and ruby 1.8.5

Everything is working great except request.remote_ip returns 127.0.0.1 or 
192.168.0.102 (the internal network address of the server running lighty). 

I''ve seen some older posts about this problem and it appears lighttpd
is the
culprit. Will pound solve this problem?

Is there a way to get this working with lighttpd or do I need to use another 
webserver?

Please help!

Thanks,
Raj.

I have the same problem on Apache 2.2 + load_balancer + mongrel 1.1.1.
So, i think it is mongrel 1.1.1 problem. Because mongrel 1.0.1 work 
fine.

Rajiv Sankranti wrote:
> Is there a way to get this working with lighttpd or do I need to use 
> another
> webserver?
> 
> Please help!
> 
> Thanks,
> Raj.
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On Nov 23, 2007 5:22 PM, Rajiv Sankranti <rajiv at fleeteyes.com> wrote:
> I have an existing rails application on lighttpd and I am trrying to
> upgrade
> to mongrel for the enhanced scalability it offers.
>
> I am running mongrel 1.1.1, rails 1.2.5, lighttpd 1.4.13 and ruby 1.8.5
>
> Everything is working great except request.remote_ip returns 127.0.0.1 or
> 192.168.0.102 (the internal network address of the server running lighty).
>
> I''ve seen some older posts about this problem and it appears
lighttpd is
> the
> culprit. Will pound solve this problem?
>
> Is there a way to get this working with lighttpd or do I need to use
> another
> webserver?
>
> Please help!
>
> Thanks,
> Raj.
>
Raj,

Lighttpd would be the culprit on that yes, I don''t use it personally so
....

anyone else know how to pass the domain through when using lighttpd?

  ~Wayne
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Wayne,

Thanks for the response. I found that lighttpd forwards the remote address in 
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR.

I was able access it by using 
request.env[''HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR''] in the rails application.


On November 27, 2007 09:35:04 pm Wayne E. Seguin wrote:
> On Nov 23, 2007 5:22 PM, Rajiv Sankranti <rajiv at fleeteyes.com>
wrote:
> > I have an existing rails application on lighttpd and I am trrying to
> > upgrade
> > to mongrel for the enhanced scalability it offers.
> >
> > I am running mongrel 1.1.1, rails 1.2.5, lighttpd 1.4.13 and ruby
1.8.5
> >
> > Everything is working great except request.remote_ip returns 127.0.0.1
or
> > 192.168.0.102 (the internal network address of the server running
> > lighty).
> >
> > I''ve seen some older posts about this problem and it appears
lighttpd is
> > the
> > culprit. Will pound solve this problem?
> >
> > Is there a way to get this working with lighttpd or do I need to use
> > another
> > webserver?
> >
> > Please help!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Raj.
>
> Raj,
>
> Lighttpd would be the culprit on that yes, I don''t use it
personally so
> ....
>
> anyone else know how to pass the domain through when using lighttpd?
>
>   ~Wayne
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On Nov 28, 2007 12:38 AM, Rajiv Sankranti <rajiv at fleeteyes.com> wrote:
> Wayne,
>
> Thanks for the response. I found that lighttpd forwards the remote address
> in
> HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR.
>
> I was able access it by using
> request.env[''HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR''] in the rails
application.
>
Raj,

Awesome, Thank you for posting your solution back to the list!

  ~Wayne
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