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NAME
GeoIP.conf - Configuration file for geoipupdate

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

DESCRIPTION
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

Required settings:
AccountID
Your MaxMind account ID. This was formerly known as UserId.

LicenseKey
Your case-sensitive MaxMind license key.

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 ProductIds.

Optional settings:
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, user-
name:password.

SkipPeerVerification
Skip peer verification when using https. Valid values are 0 or 1. The default is 0.

SkipHostnameVerification
Skip the host name verification when using https. This option is either 0 or 1. The
default is 0.

PreserveFileTimes
Whether to preserve modification times of files downloaded from the server. This
option is either 0 or 1. The default is 0.

LockFile
The lock file to use. This ensures only one geoipupdate process can run at a time.
The default is .geoipupdate.lock under the DatabaseDirectory.

FILES
/etc/GeoIP.conf
Default geoipupdate configuration file.