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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
14 comments and will not be processed. All setting keywords are case sen‐
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17 The default configuration file is found at: /etc/GeoIP.conf
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19 Required settings:
20 EditionIDs
21 List of database edition IDs. Edition IDs may consist of let‐
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26 AccountID
27 Your MaxMind account ID. This was formerly known as UserId. This
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31 Your case-sensitive MaxMind license key. This is required when
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35 The directory to store the database files. The default is
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38 Host The host name of the server to use. The default is updates.max‐
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41 Proxy The proxy host name or IP address. You may optionally specify a
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46 The proxy user name and password, separated by a colon. For
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50 Whether to preserve modification times of files downloaded from
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54 The lock file to use. This ensures only one geoipupdate process
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60 /etc/GeoIP.conf
61 Default geoipupdate configuration file.
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