Feature - making X-Real-IP configurable

README.md

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ In the event of a missing configuration file, HellPot will attempt to place it's
   bind_addr = "127.0.0.1"
   bind_port = "8080"
 
+  # header name containing clients real IP, for reverse proxy deployments  
+  real_ip_header = 'X-Real-IP'
+
   # this contains a list of blacklisted useragent strings. (case sensitive)
   # clients with useragents containing any of these strings will receive "Not found" for any requests.
   uagent_string_blacklist = ["Cloudflare-Traffic-Manager", "curl"]

internal/config/config.go

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ func processOpts() {
 	stringOpt := map[string]*string{
 		"http.bind_addr":        &HTTPBind,
 		"http.bind_port":        &HTTPPort,
+		"http.real_ip_header":   &HeaderName,
 		"logger.directory":      &logDir,
 		"deception.server_name": &FakeServerName,
 	}

internal/config/defaults.go

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ var defOpts = map[string]map[string]interface{}{
 		"unix_socket_permissions": "0666",
 		"bind_addr":               "127.0.0.1",
 		"bind_port":               "8080",
+		"real_ip_header":          "X-Real-IP",
 
 		"router": map[string]interface{}{
 			"catchall":   false,

internal/config/globals.go

@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ var (
 	HTTPBind string
 	// HTTPPort is defined via our toml configuration file. It is the port that HellPot listens on.
 	HTTPPort string
+	// HeaderName is defined via our toml configuration file. It is the HTTP Header containing the original IP of the client,
+	// in traditional reverse Proxy deplyoments.
+	HeaderName string
+
 	// Paths are defined via our toml configuration file. These are the paths that HellPot will present for "robots.txt"
 	//       These are also the paths that HellPot will respond for. Other paths will throw a warning and will serve a 404.
 	Paths []string

internal/http/router.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 var log *zerolog.Logger
 
 func getRealRemote(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) string {
-	xrealip := string(ctx.Request.Header.Peek("X-Real-IP"))
+	xrealip := string(ctx.Request.Header.Peek(config.HeaderName))
 	if len(xrealip) > 0 {
 		return xrealip
 	}