X-Forwarded-Host
The HTTP X-Forwarded-Host
(XFH) request header is a de-facto standard header for identifying the original host requested by the client in the Host
HTTP request header.
Host names and ports of reverse proxies (load balancers, CDNs) may differ from the origin server handling the request, in that case the X-Forwarded-Host
header is useful to determine which Host
was originally used.
A standardized version of this header is the HTTP Forwarded
header, although it's much less frequently used.
Header type | Request header |
---|---|
Forbidden header name | No |
Syntax
http
X-Forwarded-Host: <host>
Directives
<host>
-
The domain name of the forwarded server.
Examples
http
X-Forwarded-Host: id42.example-cdn.com
Specifications
Not part of any current specification.
See also
X-Forwarded-For
,X-Forwarded-Proto
headersHost
Forwarded