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Enabling IP filtering behind a load balancer in AWS

This document explains how to enable IP filter for Ant Media Server behind a load balancer in AWS. Follow the instructions below.

  1. Edit the following file with a text editor.
vim /usr/local/antmedia/conf/jee-container.xml
  1. Find the line:
<bean id="valve.access" class="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve">

And add the following line before it.

<bean id="valve.access" class="org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve" />
  1. Find the line:
<property name="rotatable" value="true" />

and add the following line before it.

<property name="requestAttributesEnabled" value="true" />
  1. After adding these lines, restart Ant Media Server using the following command.
service antmedia restart

The final edited version of the file will look like the following.

<bean id="valve.access" class="org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve" />
<bean id="valve.access" class="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve">
    <property name="directory" value="log" />
    <property name="prefix" value="${http.host}_access" />
    <property name="suffix" value=".log" />
    <property name="pattern" value="common" />
    <property name="rotatable" value="true" />
    <property name="requestAttributesEnabled" value="true" />

Now, You can use the IP filter.