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Add HTTPServer(..., xheaders=True) to the web documentation.

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Ben Darnell 2010-08-19 13:52:09 -04:00
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@ -753,6 +753,11 @@ and static file server. We run multiple instances of the Tornado web
server on multiple frontend machines. We typically run one Tornado frontend server on multiple frontend machines. We typically run one Tornado frontend
per core on the machine (sometimes more depending on utilization). per core on the machine (sometimes more depending on utilization).
When running behind a load balancer like nginx, it is recommended to pass
`xheaders=True` to the `HTTPServer` constructor. This will tell Tornado
to use headers like `X-Real-IP` to get the user's IP address instead of
attributing all traffic to the balancer's IP address.
This is a barebones nginx config file that is structurally similar to the This is a barebones nginx config file that is structurally similar to the
one we use at FriendFeed. It assumes nginx and the Tornado servers one we use at FriendFeed. It assumes nginx and the Tornado servers
are running on the same machine, and the four Tornado servers are running on the same machine, and the four Tornado servers