1GeoIP.conf(5) File Formats Manual GeoIP.conf(5)
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6 GeoIP.conf - Configuration file for geoipupdate
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9 This file allows you to configure your geoipupdate program to download
10 purchased GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy databases.
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13 The file consists of one setting per line. Lines starting with # are
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17 The default configuration file is found at: /etc/GeoIP.conf
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19 Required settings:
20 AccountID
21 Your MaxMind account ID. This was formerly known as UserId.
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23 LicenseKey
24 Your case-sensitive MaxMind license key.
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27 List of database edition IDs. Edition IDs may consist of let‐
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33 The directory to store the database files. The default is
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36 Host The host name of the server to use. The default is updates.max‐
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39 Protocol
40 The protocol to use. Valid values are https and http. The
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43 Proxy The proxy host name or IP address. You may optionally specify a
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48 The proxy user name and password, separated by a colon. For
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51 SkipPeerVerification
52 Skip peer verification when using https. Valid values are 0 or
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55 SkipHostnameVerification
56 Skip the host name verification when using https. This option is
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59 PreserveFileTimes
60 Whether to preserve modification times of files downloaded from
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64 The lock file to use. This ensures only one geoipupdate process
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69 /etc/GeoIP.conf
70 Default geoipupdate configuration file.
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