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GeoIP.conf

Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: 25 Sep 2013
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GeoIP.conf - Configuration file for geoipupdate

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

The file consists of one setting per line. Lines starting with # are comments and will not be processed. All setting keywords are case sensitive.

The default configuration file is found at: /etc/GeoIP.conf

UserId: Your MaxMind user ID.
LicenseKey: Your case-sensitive MaxMind license key.
ProductIds: List of product IDs. Product IDs may consist of letters, digits, and dashes (e.g., "GeoIP2-City", "106").

DatabaseDirectory: The directory to store the database files. The default is /usr/share/GeoIP
Host: The host name of the server to use. The default is updates.maxmind.com.
Protocol: The protocol to use. Valid values are https and http. The default is https.
Proxy: The proxy host name or IP address. You may optionally specify a port number, e.g., 127.0.0.1:8888. If no port number is specified, 1080 will be used.
ProxyUserPassword: The proxy user name and password, separated by a colon. For instance, username:password.
SkipPeerVerification: Skip peer verification when using https. Valid values are 0 and 1. The default is 0.
SkipHostnameVerification: Skip the host name verification when using https. This option is either 0 and 1. The default is 0.