Add HTTPServer(..., xheaders=True) to the web documentation.
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@ -753,6 +753,11 @@ and static file server. We run multiple instances of the Tornado web
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server on multiple frontend machines. We typically run one Tornado frontend
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per core on the machine (sometimes more depending on utilization).
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When running behind a load balancer like nginx, it is recommended to pass
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`xheaders=True` to the `HTTPServer` constructor. This will tell Tornado
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to use headers like `X-Real-IP` to get the user's IP address instead of
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attributing all traffic to the balancer's IP address.
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This is a barebones nginx config file that is structurally similar to the
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one we use at FriendFeed. It assumes nginx and the Tornado servers
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are running on the same machine, and the four Tornado servers
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