VMware Identity Manager supportability of XFF and Proxy header when NSX Advanced Load Balancer (ALB) is used as Load balancer.
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VMware Identity Manager supportability of XFF and Proxy header when NSX Advanced Load Balancer (ALB) is used as Load balancer.

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Article ID: 398329

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Products

VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

This knowledge base article provides information about the supported protocols for VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) when it is deployed behind the NSX Advanced Load Balancer (ALB).

Environment

VMware Identity Manager 3.3.7

Resolution

  • VMware Identity Manager does not support the proxy protocol header
  • VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) supports the use of the X-Forwarded-For (XFF) header