Configuring Nginx reverse proxy to send the original client IP address to the backend

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • How to log the original client IP address in the backend webserver behind the Nginx reverse proxy.
            Frontend(Nginx reverse proxy)
                         |
            ---------------------------
            |                         |
        Backend(nginx)             Backend(httpd)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7,8,9
  • Nginx

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