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## Client to Front Door
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Front Door accepts most headers for the incoming request without modifying them. Some reserved headers are removed from the incoming request if sent, including headers with the X-FD-* prefix.
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| Header | Example and description |
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| X-Azure-InternalError: | This header will contain the error code that Front Door comes across when processing the request. This error indicates the issue is internal to the Front Door service/infrastructure. Report issue to support. |
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## Front Door to backend
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Front Door includes headers for an incoming request unless they're removed because of restrictions. Front Door also adds the following headers:
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| Header | Example and description |
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| Via | Via: 1.1 Azure </br> Front Door adds the client's HTTP version followed by *Azure* as the value for the Via header. This header indicates the client's HTTP version and that Front Door was an intermediate recipient for the request between the client and the backend. |
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| X-Azure-ClientIP | X-Azure-ClientIP: 127.0.0.1 </br> Represents the client IP address associated with the request being processed. For example, a request coming from a proxy might add the X-Forwarded-For header to indicate the IP address of the original caller. |
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| X-Azure-SocketIP | X-Azure-SocketIP: 127.0.0.1 </br> Represents the socket IP address associated with the TCP connection that the current request originated from. A request's client IP address might not be equal to its socket IP address because it can be arbitrarily overwritten by a user.|
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| X-Azure-Ref | X-Azure-Ref: 0zxV+XAAAAABKMMOjBv2NT4TY6SQVjC0zV1NURURHRTA2MTkANDM3YzgyY2QtMzYwYS00YTU0LTk0YzMtNWZmNzA3NjQ3Nzgz </br> A unique reference string that identifies a request served by Front Door. It's used to search access logs and critical for troubleshooting.|
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| X-Azure-RequestChain | X-Azure-RequestChain: hops=1 </br> A header that Front Door uses to detect request loops, and users should not take a dependency on it. |
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| X-Azure-FDID | X-Azure-FDID: 55ce4ed1-4b06-4bf1-b40e-4638452104da<br/> A reference string that identifies the request came from a specific Front Door resource. The value can be seen in the Azure Portal or retrieved using the management API. You can use this header in combination with IP ACLs to lock down your endpoint to only accept requests from a specific Front Door resource. See the FAQ for [more detail](front-door-faq.md#how-do-i-lock-down-the-access-to-my-backend-to-only-azure-front-door) |
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| X-Forwarded-For | X-Forwarded-For: 127.0.0.1 </br> The X-Forwarded-For (XFF) HTTP header field often identifies the originating IP address of a client connecting to a web server through an HTTP proxy or load balancer. If there's an existing XFF header, then Front Door appends the client socket IP to it or adds the XFF header with the client socket IP. |
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| X-Forwarded-Host | X-Forwarded-Host: contoso.azurefd.net </br> The X-Forwarded-Host HTTP header field is a common method used to identify the original host requested by the client in the Host HTTP request header. This is because the host name from Front Door may differ for the backend server handling the request. |
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| X-Forwarded-Proto | X-Forwarded-Proto: http </br> The X-Forwarded-Proto HTTP header field is often used to identify the originating protocol of an HTTP request because Front Door, based on configuration, might communicate with the backend by using HTTPS. This is true even if the request to the reverse proxy is HTTP. |
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| Via | *Via: 1.1 Azure* </br> Front Door adds the client's HTTP version followed by *Azure* as the value for the Via header. This header indicates the client's HTTP version and that Front Door was an intermediate recipient for the request between the client and the backend. |
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| X-Azure-ClientIP | *X-Azure-ClientIP: 127.0.0.1* </br> Represents the client IP address associated with the request being processed. For example, a request coming from a proxy might add the X-Forwarded-For header to indicate the IP address of the original caller. |
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| X-Azure-SocketIP | *X-Azure-SocketIP: 127.0.0.1* </br> Represents the socket IP address associated with the TCP connection that the current request originated from. A request's client IP address might not be equal to its socket IP address because it can be arbitrarily overwritten by a user.|
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| X-Azure-Ref | *X-Azure-Ref: 0zxV+XAAAAABKMMOjBv2NT4TY6SQVjC0zV1NURURHRTA2MTkANDM3YzgyY2QtMzYwYS00YTU0LTk0YzMtNWZmNzA3NjQ3Nzgz* </br> A unique reference string that identifies a request served by Front Door. It's used to search access logs and critical for troubleshooting.|
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| X-Azure-RequestChain | *X-Azure-RequestChain: hops=1* </br> A header that Front Door uses to detect request loops, and users shouldn't take a dependency on it. |
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| X-Azure-FDID | *X-Azure-FDID: 55ce4ed1-4b06-4bf1-b40e-4638452104da* <br/> A reference string that identifies the request came from a specific Front Door resource. The value can be seen in the Azure portal or retrieved using the management API. You can use this header in combination with IP ACLs to lock down your endpoint to only accept requests from a specific Front Door resource. See the FAQ for [more detail](front-door-faq.md#how-do-i-lock-down-the-access-to-my-backend-to-only-azure-front-door) |
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| X-Forwarded-For | *X-Forwarded-For: 127.0.0.1* </br> The X-Forwarded-For (XFF) HTTP header field often identifies the originating IP address of a client connecting to a web server through an HTTP proxy or load balancer. If there's an existing XFF header, then Front Door appends the client socket IP to it or adds the XFF header with the client socket IP. |
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| X-Forwarded-Host | *X-Forwarded-Host: contoso.azurefd.net* </br> The X-Forwarded-Host HTTP header field is a common method used to identify the original host requested by the client in the Host HTTP request header. This is because the host name from Front Door may differ for the backend server handling the request. |
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| X-Forwarded-Proto | *X-Forwarded-Proto: http* </br> The X-Forwarded-Proto HTTP header field is often used to identify the originating protocol of an HTTP request. Front Door based on configuration might communicate with the backend by using HTTPS. This is true even if the request to the reverse proxy is HTTP. |
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| X-FD-HealthProbe | X-FD-HealthProbe HTTP header field is used to identify the health probe from Front Door. If this header set to 1, the request is health probe. You can use when want to strict access from particular Front Door with X-Forwarded-Host header field. |
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|X-Azure-FDID | X-Azure-FDID header: 437c82cd-360a-4a54-94c3-5ff707647783 </br> This field contains frontdoorID that can be used to identify which Front Door the incoming request is from. This field is populated by Front Door service. |
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|X-Azure-FDID | *X-Azure-FDID header: 437c82cd-360a-4a54-94c3-5ff707647783* </br> This field contains frontdoorID that can be used to identify which Front Door the incoming request is from. This field is populated by Front Door service. |
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|X-Azure-ExternalError | *X-Azure-ExternalError: 0x830c1011, The certificate authority is unfamiliar.* </br> This header shows the error code that Front Door servers come across while establishing connectivity to the backend server to process a request. This header will help identify issues in the connection between Front Door and the backend application. This header will include a detailed error message to help you identify connectivity issues to your backend (for example, DNS resolution, invalid cert, and so on.). |
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## Backend to Front Door
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| Header | Example and description |
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| X-Azure-OriginStatusCode | *X-Azure-OriginStatusCode: 503* </br> This header contains the HTTP status code returned by the backend. Using this header you can identify the HTTP status code returned by the application running in your backend without going through backend logs. This status code might be different from the HTTP status code in the response sent to the client by Front Door. This header allows you to determine if the backend is misbehaving or if the issue is with the Front Door service. |
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## Front Door to client
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Any headers sent to Front Door from the backend are also passed through to the client. The following are headers sent from Front Door to clients.
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| X-Azure-Ref | *X-Azure-Ref: 0zxV+XAAAAABKMMOjBv2NT4TY6SQVjC0zV1NURURHRTA2MTkANDM3YzgyY2QtMzYwYS00YTU0LTk0YzMtNWZmNzA3NjQ3Nzgz* </br> This is a unique reference string that identifies a request served by Front Door, which is critical for troubleshooting as it's used to search access logs.|
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| X-Cache | *X-Cache: TCP_HIT* </br> This header describes the cache status of the request, which enables you to identify if the response content is being served from the cache of the Front Door. |
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## Next steps
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