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Asked: 2026-05-21T17:44:05+00:00

I want to read client’s IP address in Django. When I try to do

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I want to read client’s IP address in Django. When I try to do so now with the HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR Header, it fails. The key is not present.

Apparently this is related to configuring my Apache server (I’m deploying with apache and mod_wsgi). I have to configure it as a reverse proxy? How do I do that, are there security implications?

Thanks,
Brendan

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  1. Editorial Team

    Usually these headers are available in request.META. So you might try request.META['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'].

    Are you using Apache as a reverse proxy as well? This doesn’t seem right to me. Usually one uses a lighter weight static server like nginx as the reverse proxy to Apache running the app server. Nginx can send any headers you like using the proxy_set_header config entry.

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