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6 NAME
7 GeoIP.conf - Configuration file for geoipupdate
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9 SYNOPSIS
10 This file allows you to configure your geoipupdate program to download
11 GeoIP2, GeoLite2, and GeoIP Legacy databases.
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13 DESCRIPTION
14 The file consists of one setting per line. Lines starting with # are
15 comments and will not be processed. All setting keywords are case sen‐
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18 Required settings:
19 · EditionIDs - List of database edition IDs. Edition IDs may consist
20 of letters, digits, and dashes (e.g., “GeoIP2-City”, “106”). Note:
21 this was formerly called ProductIds.
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23 Optional settings:
24 · AccountID - Your MaxMind account ID. This was formerly known as
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27 · DatabaseDirectory - The directory to store the database files. If
28 not set, the default is /usr/share/GeoIP. This can be overridden at
29 run time by the -d command line argument.
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31 · Host - The host name of the server to use. The default is up‐
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34 · Proxy - The proxy host name or IP address. You may optionally speci‐
35 fy a port number, e.g., 127.0.0.1:8888. If no port number is speci‐
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38 · ProxyUserPassword - The proxy user name and password, separated by a
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41 · PreserveFileTimes - Whether to preserve modification times of files
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45 · LicenseKey - Your case-sensitive MaxMind license key.
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47 · LockFile - The lock file to use. This ensures only one geoipupdate
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49 removed from the filesystem. The default is .geoipupdate.lock under
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52 Deprecated settings:
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61 FILES
62 · GeoIP.conf - Default geoipupdate configuration file.
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64 SEE ALSO
65 geoipupdate(1)
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