.TH GeoIP.conf 5 "26 Oct 2017"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
GeoIP.conf - Configuration file for geoipupdate
.SH SYNOPSIS
This file allows you to configure your
.BR geoipupdate " program to download purchased GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy
databases.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The file consists of one setting per line. Lines starting with
.B #
are comments and will not be processed. All setting keywords are
case sensitive.
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The default configuration file is found at:
/etc/GeoIP.conf
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.SS Required settings:
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.B AccountID
Your MaxMind account ID. This was formerly known as
.BR UserId ".
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.B LicenseKey
Your case-sensitive MaxMind license key.
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.B EditionIDs
List of database edition IDs. Edition IDs may consist of letters, digits, and
dashes (e.g., "GeoIP2-City", "106"). Note: this was formerly called
.BR ProductIds ".
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.SS Optional settings:
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.B DatabaseDirectory
The directory to store the database files. The default is /var/lib/GeoIP
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.B Host
The host name of the server to use. The default is
.BR updates.maxmind.com ".
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.B Protocol
The protocol to use. Valid values are
.BR https " and " http ". The default is " https ".
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.B Proxy
The proxy host name or IP address. You may optionally specify a
port number, e.g.,
.BR 127.0.0.1:8888 ". If no port number is specified, 1080 will be used.
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.B ProxyUserPassword
The proxy user name and password, separated by a colon. For instance,
.BR username:password ".
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.B SkipPeerVerification
Skip peer verification when using
.BR https ". Valid values are " 0 " or " 1 ". The default is " 0 ".
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.B SkipHostnameVerification
Skip the host name verification when using
.BR https ". This option is either " 0 " or " 1 ". The default is " 0 ".
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.B PreserveFileTimes
Whether to preserve modification times of files downloaded from the server.
This option is either
.BR 0 " or " 1 ". The default is " 0 ".
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.B LockFile
The lock file to use. This ensures only one
.B geoipupdate
process can run at a time. The default is
.BR .geoipupdate.lock " under the " DatabaseDirectory .
.SH FILES
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.B /etc/GeoIP.conf
.RB Default " geoipupdate
configuration file.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR geoipupdate "(1)