1GeoIP.conf(5)                 File Formats Manual                GeoIP.conf(5)
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NAME

6       GeoIP.conf - Configuration file for geoipupdate
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SYNOPSIS

9       This  file allows you to configure your geoipupdate program to download
10       purchased GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy databases.
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DESCRIPTION

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‐
15       sitive.
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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‐
22              ters,  digits,  and  dashes  (e.g., "GeoIP2-City", "106"). Note:
23              this was formerly called ProductIds.
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25   Optional settings:
26       AccountID
27              Your MaxMind account ID. This was formerly known as UserId. This
28              is required when downloading a paid database.
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30       LicenseKey
31              Your  case-sensitive  MaxMind license key. This is required when
32              downloading a paid database.
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34       DatabaseDirectory
35              The directory to  store  the  database  files.  The  default  is
36              /usr/share/GeoIP
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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
42              port  number,  e.g., 127.0.0.1:8888. If no port number is speci‐
43              fied, 1080 will be used.
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45       ProxyUserPassword
46              The proxy user name and password,  separated  by  a  colon.  For
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49       PreserveFileTimes
50              Whether  to preserve modification times of files downloaded from
51              the server.  This option is either 0 or 1. The default is 0.
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53       LockFile
54              The lock file to use. This ensures only one geoipupdate  process
55              can  run  at  a  time.  Note: Once created, this lockfile is not
56              removed from the filesystem.  The default  is  .geoipupdate.lock
57              under the DatabaseDirectory.
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FILES

60       /etc/GeoIP.conf
61              Default geoipupdate configuration file.
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SEE ALSO

64       geoipupdate(1)
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