On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 08:14:15PM +1000, Chris Jones wrote: > Hi there, > > I have successfully setup a pdns instance using the geoip backend and a > copy of the legacy GeoIP database (from > https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/install/country/). Throughout the > MaxMind website, I read that this database is end of life in favor for > GeoIP2 (available at https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/). > > The GeoIP legacy database is in the .DAT format, and the GeoIP2 database is > in a MMDB format. Reading the pdns documentation, it is confusing whether > MMDB is nativity supported or if I have to do something to the database > file to make it work. >
It should work. > My pdns.conf file contains the following parameters when using the GeoIP > legacy database: > > launch=geoip > geoip-database-files=/etc/pdns/GeoIP.dat > geoip-zones-file=/etc/pdns/geo.yml > > That works fine. But when I change the *geoip-database-files* parameter to > use the MMDB file, it does not work (geo requests are timing out - standard > records work fine though). > > launch=geoip > geoip-database-files=/etc/pdns/GeoLite2-City.mmdb > geoip-zones-file=/etc/pdns/geo.yml > > Has anyone got an example or suggestions on how I can use the GeoIP2 > databases with the pdns-geoip backend? > > System: CentOS 7 + pdns 4.1.3 > > Thanks, > Chris. Can you provide your geo.yml? Aki _______________________________________________ Pdns-users mailing list Pdns-users@mailman.powerdns.com https://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users
