GeoIP Update
The GeoIP Update program performs automatic updates of GeoIP2 and GeoLite2 binary databases. CSV databases are not supported.
Installation
We provide releases for Linux, macOS (darwin), and Windows. Please see the Releases tab for the latest release.
After you install GeoIP Update, please refer to our documentation for information about configuration.
If you're upgrading from GeoIP Update 3.x, please see our upgrade guide.
Installing on Linux via the tarball
Download and extract the appropriate tarball for your system. You will end
up with a directory named something like geoipupdate_5.0.0_linux_amd64
depending on the version and architecture.
Copy geoipupdate to where you want it to live. To install it to
/usr/local/bin/geoipupdate, run the equivalent of sudo cp geoipupdate_5.0.0_linux_amd64/geoipupdate /usr/local/bin.
geoipupdate looks for the config file /usr/local/etc/GeoIP.conf by
default.
Installing on Ubuntu via PPA
MaxMind provides a PPA for recent versions of Ubuntu. To add the PPA to your sources, run:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maxmind/ppa
Then install geoipupdate by running:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install geoipupdate
Installing on Ubuntu or Debian via the deb
You can also use the tarball.
Download the appropriate .deb for your system.
Run dpkg -i path/to/geoipupdate_5.0.0_linux_amd64.deb (replacing the
version number and architecture as necessary). You will need to be root.
For Ubuntu you can prefix the command with sudo. This will install
geoipupdate to /usr/bin/geoipupdate.
geoipupdate looks for the config file /etc/GeoIP.conf by default.
Installing on RedHat or CentOS via the rpm
You can also use the tarball.
Download the appropriate .rpm for your system.
Run rpm -Uvhi path/to/geoipupdate_5.0.0_linux_amd64.rpm (replacing the
version number and architecture as necessary). You will need to be root.
This will install geoipupdate to /usr/bin/geoipupdate.
geoipupdate looks for the config file /etc/GeoIP.conf by default.
Installing on macOS (darwin) via the tarball
This is the same as installing on Linux via the tarball, except choose a tarball with "darwin" in the name.
Installing on macOS via Homebrew
If you are on macOS and you have Homebrew you can install
geoipupdate via brew
$ brew install geoipupdate
Installing on Windows
Download and extract the appropriate zip for your system. You will end up
with a directory named something like geoipupdate_5.0.0_windows_amd64
depending on the version and architecture.
Copy geoipupdate.exe to where you want it to live.
geoipupdate looks for the config file
\ProgramData\MaxMind/GeoIPUpdate\GeoIP.conf on your system drive by
default.
Installing via Docker
Please see our Docker documentation.
Installation from source or Git
You need the Go compiler (1.19+). You can get it at the Go website.
The easiest way is via go install:
$ go install github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate/v6/cmd/geoipupdate@latest
This installs geoipupdate to $GOPATH/bin/geoipupdate.
Configuring
Please see our online guide for directions on how to configure GeoIP Update.
Documentation
See our documentation for the geoipupdate program
and the GeoIP.conf configuration file.
Default config file and database directory paths
We define default paths for the config file and database directory. If these defaults are not appropriate for you, you can change them at build time using flags:
go build -ldflags "-X main.defaultConfigFile=/etc/GeoIP.conf \
-X main.defaultDatabaseDirectory=/usr/share/GeoIP"
Bug Reports
Please report bugs by filing an issue with our GitHub issue tracker.
Copyright and License
This software is Copyright (c) 2018 - 2023 by MaxMind, Inc.
This is free software, licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 or the MIT License, at your option.