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GEOIPUPDATE(1) General Commands Manual GEOIPUPDATE(1)

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 AT 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 infor-
mation.

AUTHOR
Written by T.J. Mather and Boris Zentner.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <support AT maxmind.com>.

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.