GeoIP.conf(5) File Formats Manual GeoIP.conf(5)
NAME
GeoIP.conf - Configuration file for geoipupdate
SYNOPSIS
This file allows you to configure your geoipupdate program to download
purchased GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy databases.
DESCRIPTION
The file consists of one setting per line. Lines starting with # are
comments and will not be processed. All setting keywords are case sen-
sitive.
The default configuration file is found at: /etc/GeoIP.conf
Required settings:
AccountID
Your MaxMind account ID. This was formerly known as UserId.
LicenseKey
Your case-sensitive MaxMind license key.
EditionIDs
List of database edition IDs. Edition IDs may consist of let-
ters, digits, and dashes (e.g., "GeoIP2-City", "106"). Note:
this was formerly called ProductIds.
Optional settings:
DatabaseDirectory
The directory to store the database files. The default is
/usr/share/GeoIP
Host The host name of the server to use. The default is updates.max-
mind.com.
Protocol
The protocol to use. Valid values are https and http. The
default is https.
Proxy The proxy host name or IP address. You may optionally specify a
port number, e.g., 127.0.0.1:8888. If no port number is speci-
fied, 1080 will be used.
ProxyUserPassword
The proxy user name and password, separated by a colon. For
instance, username:password.
SkipPeerVerification
Skip peer verification when using https. Valid values are 0 or
1. The default is 0.
SkipHostnameVerification
Skip the host name verification when using https. This option is
either 0 or 1. The default is 0.
PreserveFileTimes
Whether to preserve modification times of files downloaded from
the server. This option is either 0 or 1. The default is 0.
LockFile
The lock file to use. This ensures only one geoipupdate process
can run at a time. The default is .geoipupdate.lock under the
DatabaseDirectory.
FILES
/etc/GeoIP.conf
Default geoipupdate configuration file.
SEE ALSO
geoipupdate(1)
4th Berkeley Distribution 26 Oct 2017 GeoIP.conf(5)