Ubuntu
geoip package

maxmind provide an updated db that you can download under the license

Bug #314405 reported by Giles Westwood
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Bug Description

#!/bin/sh
#Grab the uptodate free geoip country mappings
test ! -d /usr/share/GeoIP && mkdir -p /usr/share/GeoIP ;
wget -a /var/log/geoip.log -O - http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz | gunzip > /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat

This can be run via cron to make sure you're kept up to date.

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TimWintle (timwintle) wrote :

Will that not cause problems if the ip database is currently in use? Will the file handle be released by the application using the api?

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Giles Westwood (giles-westwood) wrote : Re: [Bug 314405] Re: maxmind provide an updated db that you can download under the license

2009/1/11 TimWintle <email address hidden>

> Will that not cause problems if the ip database is currently in use?
> Will the file handle be released by the application using the api?

Hi Tim,

That is a very good point. It's something I run once a month in the middle
of the night and have been doing for 12 months. To explain I use GeoIP via
the Perl binding from the policyd-weight daemon that I've modified to do
geoip lookups. Would something like a copy then truncate work which is what
I use with tomcat logrotation?

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Giles Westwood

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