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GEOIPUPDATE

Section: System Calls (2)
Updated: 25 Sep 2013
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NAME

geoipupdate - GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy Update Program

SYNOPSIS

geoipupdate [-Vvh] [-f license_file] [-d target_directory]

DESCRIPTION

geoipupdate automatically updates GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy databases for MaxMind customers. The program connects to the MaxMind GeoIP Update server to check for new databases. If a new database is available, the program will download and install it.

If you are using a firewall, you must have the DNS and HTTP(S) ports open.

OPTIONS

-V: Display version information.
-v: Enable verbose mode. Prints out the steps that geoipupdate takes.
-d: Install databases to a custom directory. By default geoipupdate installs to /usr/share/GeoIP.
-f: Use an alternate configuration file. Defaults to /etc/GeoIP.conf.

USAGE

Typically you should run geoipupdate weekly. One way to achieve this is to use cron. Below is a sample crontab file that runs geoipupdate on each Wednesday at noon:

# top of crontab

MAILTO=your@email.com

0 12 * * 3 BIN_DIR/geoipupdate

# end of crontab

To use with a proxy server, update your GeoIP.conf file as specified in the GeoIP.conf man page or set the http_proxy environment variable.

RETURN CODES

geoipupdate returns 0 on success and 1 on error.

FILES

/etc/GeoIP.conf: Configuration file for GeoIP Update. See the GeoIP.conf(5) man page for more information.

AUTHOR

Written by T.J. Mather and Boris Zentner.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <support@maxmind.com>.

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see the LICENSE file for copying conditions. There is NO WARRANTY, express or implied, including, but not limited to, NO IMPLIED WARRANTY of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

MORE INFORMATION

Visit <https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolocation_landing> to learn more about the GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy databases or to sign up for a subscription.