# Reverse Proxy - how? **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [December 30, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reverse-proxy-how/33914 "2009-12-30T09:39:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fred\_Webber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@Fred\_Webber](https://community.wowza.com/u/Fred_Webber)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reverse-proxy-how/33914/1 "2009-12-30T09:39:33Z")
HI there… I have a situation on a custom project. I need to hide the original server’s ip. A would need redirect wowza acess (rtmp and port 1935) from a proxy gateway. Anyone has experience with this? know how is the best method to make this? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reverse-proxy-how/33914/2 "2009-12-30T19:56:36Z")
Fred, It should be same steps as setting up proxy for a web server, but for port 1935 and whatever other ports you need. (The closest experience I have is setting up pass-thru ports on a linksys router) Richard ---
**Author:** ![Fred\_Webber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@Fred\_Webber](https://community.wowza.com/u/Fred_Webber)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reverse-proxy-how/33914/3 "2010-01-04T02:58:03Z")
Here I found a way… but with Flash Media Server [https://wiki.terena.org/index.php/TF-ECS:Contents](https://wiki.terena.org/index.php/TF-ECS:Contents) any tips about how-to do that with wowza? ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reverse-proxy-how/33914/4 "2010-01-01T05:38:07Z")
The X-Forwarded-For and X-Client-IP are not forwarded and getClientIp will most likely return the ip address of the proxy. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reverse-proxy-how/33914/5 "2010-01-04T12:24:55Z")
I have no experience to bring to this, but I think that Wowza and FMIS should be interchangeable in this configuration. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Fred\_Webber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@Fred\_Webber](https://community.wowza.com/u/Fred_Webber)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reverse-proxy-how/33914/6 "2010-01-02T12:35:31Z")
Thank you for the replies… you did with linksys router… but there is a chance by doing this with software. Squid maybe? thank you ---
**Author:** ![Fred\_Webber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@Fred\_Webber](https://community.wowza.com/u/Fred_Webber)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reverse-proxy-how/33914/7 "2010-01-07T03:21:27Z")
Sorry to ask but… what is FMIS ? thank you ---
**Author:** ![Fred\_Webber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@Fred\_Webber](https://community.wowza.com/u/Fred_Webber)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reverse-proxy-how/33914/8 "2010-01-07T03:22:51Z")
got it Flash Media Interactive Server ---
**Author:** ![Fred\_Webber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@Fred\_Webber](https://community.wowza.com/u/Fred_Webber)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reverse-proxy-how/33914/9 "2010-01-08T11:12:50Z")
Hi… I tried forward the ip from linux to the wowza server. If i write ipservarA:1935 it is redirecting to ipserverB:1935 That’s ok… But flash player don’t connect tho the ipserverB server. It wasn’t supposed to work? ---
**Author:** ![jacob\_anderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jacob\_anderson](https://community.wowza.com/u/jacob_anderson)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reverse-proxy-how/33914/10 "2009-12-31T16:58:44Z")
When wowza is behind a reverse proxy, does it pass the X-Forwarded-For or X-Client-IP extension headers to the modules? If so, does it override the client.getIp() return value, or is there some other method to use to get the client IP address? Thanks – Jake