# Proxy authentication (Apache and Kibana)

**URL:** <https://forum.search-guard.com/t/proxy-authentication-apache-and-kibana/1510>\
**Category:** Search Guard\
**Created:** [May 23, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/proxy-authentication-apache-and-kibana/1510 "2019-05-23T10:52:39Z")\
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Another observation: I am not an Apache proxy expert, but in one of your configs you set:

`RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-For" "10.51.2.116"`

The proxy auth module expects an X-Forwarded-For to be present in the HTTP call. In the config you posted last, there is no directive regarding “X-Forwarded-For”. Does Apache set it automatically?

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