UpdateMaxMindDB

1. summary Example on how to update the Maxmind GeoLocation Databases

Introduction

As stated on [http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location MaxMind] site the databases are usually updated monthly, on the 1st of the month.

You can configure a cron job to update the database. Following is an example of a script you can use to update the database files.

Choose the database files you need to use for your sites.

Example script

cd /usr/local/share/GeoIP
wget -N -q http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz
wget -N -q http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz
wget -N -q http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoIPv6.dat.gz

gunzip -c GeoLiteCity.dat.gz > GeoLiteCity.dat
gunzip -c GeoIP.dat.gz > GeoIP.dat
gunzip -c GeoIPv6.dat.gz > GeoIPv6.dat

Explanation:

wget:

• -N flag only downloads if the file is newer than the one on the target folder
• -q flag means quiet

gunzip:

• -c prevents the gz file of being deleted (so wget doesn't download if there is no newer file)