Technical Tip: How to send the original IP from a Proxy (with Proxy protocol) to the backend server that does not support Proxy protocol

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Description	The article explains how to send the original IP coming from a Proxy (with Proxy Protocol) to a backend server that does not support Proxy protocol while using Fortiweb.
Scope	FortiWeb.
Solution	Enable Proxy protocol on Server policy on FortiWeb: Note: 'use-proxy-protocol-addr' should be kept enabled as per default settings: config server-policy policy     edit "Policy1"         set use-proxy-protocol-addr enable Configure X-Forwarded-Rule to send the original IP (that FortiWeb parsed from incoming Proxy Protocol) to the backend server that only supports X-Forwarded-For to extract the original IP: