Configuration guides for IT Administrators

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For servers that reside behind load balancers like F5, X-Forwarded-For is used to log actual client IP address in the servers logs. Unlike in Apache, you need to perform additional step in IIS to log client IP address. Otherwise, you won’t find it in the IIS logs. Step 1: Install Custom Logging in IIS 10…

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In order to determine the client IP that sends requests to a Web Server placed behind an F5 appliance, you can attach this iRule to your virtual server. This iRule logs the requested Client IP address under System > Logs > Local Traffic. This iRule logs following Client IP address Request URL X-Forwarded-For header value…

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