Icecast Server/known reverse proxy restrictions

This page lists known problems of latest released Icecast when operating behind a reverse proxy:

• access.log will always only show the IP address of the reverse proxy instead of listener IP address.
• internal XML tree will only show the IP address of the reverse proxy instead of listener IP address. Both for source clients and for listener clients.
• virtual playlist files will break. (Only if proxy server is configured incorrectly.)
• authentication helper will break. (Only if proxy server is configured incorrectly.)
• HTTP SOURCE connections are very likely to break
• HTTP PUT connections might exhibit problems if the proxying server expects and processes chunked encoding. Chunked encoding will be part of Icecast 2.5
• …

See also known HTTPS restrictions, if reverse proxy terminates https.