Connecting to remote host

[Varun Nath]

Thank You. Could you please confirm whether the VCL config I have shared if
fine?

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 5:46 PM Guillaume Quintard <
guillaume at varnish-software.com> wrote:

> check the backend transaction, and understand why your origin is sending
> back a 403. This is due to your backend configuration and I can't help you
> with that.
>
> --
> Guillaume Quintard
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 1:03 PM Varun Nath <varunnath86 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is the VCL file am using:
>>
>> Note: Host is not a valid one
>>
>> vcl 4.0;
>> import std;
>> import directors;
>>
>> # Default backend definition. Set this to point to your content server.
>> backend default {
>>     .host = "remote.host.com";
>>     .port = "80";
>> }
>>
>> sub vcl_init {
>> new vdir = directors.round_robin();
>> vdir.add_backend(default);
>> }
>>
>> sub vcl_recv {
>>     unset req.http.proxy;
>>     unset req.http.cookie;
>>     set req.http.x-host = "http://remote.host.com";
>>     set req.http.x-clientip = client.ip;
>>     set req.http.x-serverip = server.ip;
>>     set req.http.x-localip = local.ip;
>>     set req.http.x-remoteip = remote.ip;
>>     unset req.http.X-Forwarded-For;
>>     set req.http.x-forwarded-for = client.ip;
>>     return(pass);
>> }
>>
>> sub vcl_backend_response {
>>     # Happens after we have read the response headers from the backend.
>>     #
>>     # Here you clean the response headers, removing silly Set-Cookie
>> headers
>>     # and other mistakes your backend does.
>> }
>>
>> sub vcl_deliver {
>>     # Happens when we have all the pieces we need, and are about to send
>> the
>>     # response to the client.
>> }
>>
>> Please let me know if I need to add something more to make the remote
>> host caching from localhost varnish
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 5:05 PM Varun Nath <varunnath86 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I got some response via CURL. But getting 403 Forbidden message. Log is
>>> as below:
>>> * BerespStatus   403*
>>> * BerespReason   Forbidden*
>>> Also tried setting
>>>
>>> *remove req.http.X-Forwarded-For;set req.http.x-forwarded-for =
>>> client.ip;*
>>> But didnt work.
>>> Could you please share your thoughts?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 3:00 PM Varun Nath <varunnath86 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank You so much for your support. Will try this and let you know
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 2:49 PM Guillaume Quintard <
>>>> guillaume at varnish-software.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The backend portion of the vcl only handles the TCP part of the
>>>>> equation. If your backend expect a specific host, you need to either have
>>>>> the client give it, or have varnish override it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Try curl -I localhost/your/file -H "host: whatever.your.host.is.com"
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 09:02 Varun Nath <varunnath86 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, I tried with http://locahost, but that is expected, right?
>>>>>> since the backend server is configured in VCL file. Sorry if I am wrong
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 2:29 PM Guillaume Quintard <
>>>>>> guillaume at varnish-software.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Note: please keep the mailing list CC'd
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Check the host header you are sending to the backend. Usually, a 404
>>>>>>> arises because the URL and/or the host wrong.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm thinking you possibly tested varnish requesting something like
>>>>>>> http://localhost/your/test/file, but your backend isn't configured
>>>>>>> to reply to the "localhost" host
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 08:55 Varun Nath <varunnath86 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks again for the quick response.
>>>>>>>> I have checked the log and getting the expected IP address in *BackendStart
>>>>>>>> *parameter.  Sorry I didnt get what you mean by  you need to
>>>>>>>> change *the host header before sending the request to the backend.
>>>>>>>> *Could you please elaborate a little bit?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 2:20 PM Guillaume Quintard <
>>>>>>>> guillaume at varnish-software.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Use varnishlog -b (with possibly -d) to see the backend
>>>>>>>>> transactions and see what IP is being used (is it the right one). It could
>>>>>>>>> also be that you need to change the host header before sending the request
>>>>>>>>> to the backend.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 08:39 Varun Nath <varunnath86 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>> I need to connect to a remote host from local VCL config file. I
>>>>>>>>>> have added the backend config as below
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> backend default {
>>>>>>>>>>     .host = "remote.host.com";
>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But am getting Page not available message. Do I miss something?
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>>>>>>
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