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[EP-tech] Re: remote_ip via package "Apache2::Connection"

David,

See http://www.marshut.com/ippzhs/problem-with-apache2-connection-remote-ip.html and http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/developer/new_api_2_4.html (search for "remote_ip").

conn_rec->remote_ip and conn_rec->remote_addr
These fields have been renamed in order to distinguish between the client IP address of the connection and the useragent IP address of the request (potentially overridden by a load balancer or proxy). References to either of these fields must be updated with one of the following options, as appropriate for the module:
  • When you require the IP address of the user agent, which might be connected directly to the server, or might optionally be separated from the server by a transparent load balancer or proxy, use request_rec->useragent_ip and request_rec->useragent_addr.
  • When you require the IP address of the client that is connected directly to the server, which might be the useragent or might be the load balancer or proxy itself, use conn_rec->client_ip and conn_rec->client_addr.

It seems like it should use useragent_ip now. But we need to support either versions of apache2/mod_perl so will have to test for remote_ip's existence then useragent_ip.

I've now created that ticket: https://github.com/eprints/eprints/issues/214 & thanks for reporting that issue.

Seb.

On 12/03/14 11:24, David McElroy wrote:
Just finished setting up Eprints in ubuntu 13.10 server and I was getting the following error in my apache log:
 
Can't locate object method "remote_ip" via package "Apache2::Connection" at /usr/share/eprints3/perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/LoginTicket.pm line 143.\n
 
this corrected the issue:
 
       #my $ip = $r->connection->remote_ip;
my $ip = $r->connection->client_ip;
 
and on line 118:
 
#$data->{ip} = $repo->get_request->connection->remote_ip;      
$data->{ip} = $repo->get_request->connection->client_ip;
       
 
I can’t see this issue on the github, should I submit it? Or am I correcting something that I should be fixing in my perl modules?

Thanks,
 
David McElroy
Research Data Management Officer
 
University of East London
Docklands Library
University Way
London E16 2RD
 
t: 020 8223 6467

 
 
 
 

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