Nginx and GeoLite2 not working

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Is Nginx official ngx_mod_http_geoip compatible with GeoLite2 databases ? I can't get them working, so I assume they are not compatible ?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 03 '18 at 22:07

ngx_mod_http_geoip is not compatible with GeoIP2 databases; you will need the ngx_http_geoip2_module instead. Note, however, that as of this writing the nginx distribution packages I'm aware of don't include the ngx_http_geoip2_module and you will need to compile NGINX from source and include ngx_http_geoip2_module. See these instructions for an example of building this for Ubuntu.

Disclaimer: I wrote these instructions.

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '19 at 11:00

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I found this site https://www.miyuru.lk/geoiplegacy which has recent datasets in DAT format converted from newer database formats.

These are compatible with the older nginx geoip module. So no need to build the geoip2 module from source.

answered Mar 12 '19 at 11:00

yvess

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Country works great. City not. Anyway: THANKS!!! – uav Nov 29 '19 at 14:18

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 31 '17 at 09:36

The official module is called ngx_http_geoip_module and according to the documentation, requires the MaxMind GeoIP library.

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_geoip_module.html

Given the official documentation, yes, you can assume they are not compatible, and that you really need the required one instead.

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 31 '17 at 10:46

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Official way

This video link to install GeoIP with GeoLite2 databases

answered Jul 31 '17 at 10:46

Abdelrhman Gemi

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Please don't link youtube videos like this, instead try to write your answers. – Federico Galli Jul 31 '17 at 14:23

Nginx and GeoLite2 not working

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