E_HTTP_BAD_TRUSTPROXY

E_HTTP_BAD_TRUSTPROXY

Error message

The `sails.config.http.trustProxy` property cannot be zero, empty string, null or NaN.\nThe property is currently set to: `' + util.inspect(sails.config.http.trustProxy) + '`.\nTo indicate that your app is directly facing the internet, set `trustProxy` to `false`.

What it means

Error "The `sails.config.http.trustProxy` property cannot be zero, empty string, null or NaN.\nThe property is currently set to: `' + util.inspect(sails.config.http.trustProxy) + '`.\nTo indicate that your app is directly facing the internet, set `trustProxy` to `false`." thrown in balderdashy/sails.

Source

Thrown at lib/hooks/http/index.js:173

        throw flaverr({ name: 'userError', code: 'E_INVALID_HTTP_CONFIG' }, new Error(
          '\n-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-\n'+
          'The `sails.config.http.loadMiddleware` setting is no longer available in Sails 1.0.\n'+
          'Please use `sails.config.http.middleware.order` instead.\n'+
          '-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-\n'
        ));
      }

      if (sails.config.cache) {
        throw flaverr({ name: 'userError', code: 'E_INVALID_HTTP_CONFIG' }, new Error(
          '\n-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-\n'+
          'The `sails.config.cache` setting is no longer available in Sails 1.0.\n'+
          'Please use `sails.config.http.cache` instead.\n'+
          '-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-\n'
        ));
      }

      if (sails.config.http.trustProxy === 0 || sails.config.http.trustProxy === '' || sails.config.http.trustProxy === null || _.isNaN(sails.config.http.trustProxy)) {
        throw flaverr({ name: 'userError', code: 'E_HTTP_BAD_TRUSTPROXY' }, new Error(
          '\n-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-\n'+
          'The `sails.config.http.trustProxy` property cannot be zero, empty string, null or NaN.\n'+
          'The property is currently set to: `' + util.inspect(sails.config.http.trustProxy) + '`.\n'+
          'To indicate that your app is directly facing the internet, set `trustProxy` to `false`.\n'+
          '-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-\n'));
      }

      // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
      // BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY:
      // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
      if (sails.config.http.bodyParser) {
        sails.log.debug('The `sails.config.http.bodyParser` setting is deprecated in Sails 1.0.');
        sails.log.debug('Please use `sails.config.http.middleware.bodyParser` instead.');
        sails.log.debug('See http://sailsjs.com/docs/concepts/middleware for more details.\n');

        if (!sails.config.http.middleware.bodyParser) {
          sails.config.http.middleware.bodyParser = sails.config.http.bodyParser;
        }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/hooks/http/index.js:173 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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