{"id":411,"date":"2013-11-21T14:48:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T14:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.shineservers.com\/?p=411"},"modified":"2013-11-21T14:48:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T14:48:04","slug":"install-geoip-module-countrycity-level-geo-targeting-nginx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shineservers.com\/2013\/11\/21\/install-geoip-module-countrycity-level-geo-targeting-nginx\/","title":{"rendered":"Install GeoIP Module For Country\/City Level Geo Targeting (NGINX)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Install MaxMind C API<\/h2>\n

Type the following commands to install MaxMind C API:
\n# cd \/tmp
\n#\u00a0wget http:\/\/geolite.maxmind.com\/download\/geoip\/api\/c\/GeoIP.tar.gz<\/a>
\n# tar -zxvf GeoIP.tar.gz
\n# cd GeoIP-1.4.6
\n#\u00a0yum install zlib-devel<\/a>
\n# .\/configure
\n# make
\n# make install<\/code>
\nYou need to configure dynamic linker run time bindings as follows:
\n# echo '\/usr\/local\/lib' > \/etc\/ld.so.conf.d\/geoip.conf<\/code>
\nRun ldconfig to activate configuration:
\n# ldconfig
\n# ldconfig -v | less<\/code><\/p>\n

Compile nginx With GeoIP Module<\/h2>\n

Get the latest source code:
\n# cd \/tmp
\n#\u00a0wget http:\/\/nginx.org\/download\/nginx-0.8.52.tar.gz<\/a>
\n# tar -zxvf nginx-0.8.52.tar.gz
\n# cd nginx-0.8.52
\n#\u00a0yum install gcc pcre-devel.x86_64 openssl-devel.x86_64<\/a>
\n# .\/configure --without-http_empty_gif_module --with-poll_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_ssl_module --with-ipv6\u00a0--with-http_geoip_module
\n# make
\n# make install<\/code>
\nMake sure you .\/configure nginx with –with-http_geoip_module option.<\/p>\n

Grab MaxMind Databases<\/h2>\n

Type the following command to get the free database of geo_city:
\n# wget http:\/\/geolite.maxmind.com\/download\/geoip\/database\/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz -O \/usr\/local\/share\/GeoIP\/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz
\n#\u00a0gunzip \/usr\/local\/share\/GeoIP\/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz<\/a><\/code>
\nGet the free database of geo_country:
\n# wget http:\/\/geolite.maxmind.com\/download\/geoip\/database\/GeoLiteCountry\/GeoIP.dat.gz -O \/usr\/local\/share\/GeoIP\/GeoIP.dat.gz
\n#\u00a0gunzip \/usr\/local\/share\/GeoIP\/GeoIP.dat.gz<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n

A Note About MaxMind Paid Version<\/h3>\n

If you need 99.8% accuracy about IP address use the\u00a0paid version<\/a>. Edit \/usr\/local\/etc\/GeoIP.conf, enter:
\n# vi \/usr\/local\/etc\/GeoIP.conf<\/code>
\nUpdate config as follows:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n# see https:\/\/www.maxmind.com\/app\/license_key_login\n# Enter your license key here\nLicenseKey YOUR_LICENSE_KEY_HERE\n\n# Enter your User ID here\nUserId YOUR_USER_ID_HERE\n\n# Enter your Product ID here i.e. 106 geoip country\nProductIds 106<\/pre>\n
Save and close the file. Get latest licensed version database, enter:
\n# \/usr\/local\/bin\/geoipupdate<\/code><\/p>\n
nginx Configuration<\/h2>\n
Edit nginx.conf, enter:
\n# vi \/usr\/local\/nginx\/conf\/nginx.conf<\/code>
\nLocate http section and update it as follows for\u00a0geoip country<\/strong>\u00a0lookup:<\/p>\n
\u00a0\n  ### SET the path to the .dat file used for determining the visitor's country from the IP-address ###\n  geoip_country \/usr\/local\/share\/GeoIP\/GeoIP.dat;\n\n  ### SET FASTCGI Variables ###\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE $geoip_country_code;\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE3 $geoip_country_code3;\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME $geoip_country_name;<\/pre>\n
Save and close the file. If you want city level geo targeting set it as follows:<\/p>\n
\u00a0\n  ### SET the path to the .dat file used for determining the visitor's country from the IP-address ###\n  geoip_city  \/usr\/local\/share\/GeoIP\/GeoLiteCity.dat;\n\n  ### SET FASTCGI Variables ###\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_CITY_COUNTRY_CODE $geoip_city_country_code;\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_CITY_COUNTRY_CODE3 $geoip_city_country_code3;\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_CITY_COUNTRY_NAME $geoip_city_country_name;\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_REGION $geoip_region;\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_CITY $geoip_city;\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_POSTAL_CODE $geoip_postal_code;\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_CITY_CONTINENT_CODE $geoip_city_continent_code;\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_LATITUDE $geoip_latitude;\n  fastcgi_param GEOIP_LONGITUDE $geoip_longitude;<\/pre>\n
Save and close the file. Finally, reload nginx:
\n# \/usr\/local\/nginx\/sbin\/nginx -s reload<\/code><\/p>\n
PHP Test Script<\/h2>\n
Create a php test script as follows geoip.php<\/p>\n
<html>\n<head>\n  <title>What is my IP address - determine or retrieve my IP address<\/title>\n <\/head>\n<body>\n <?php\n     if (getenv<\/a>(HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR)) {\n        $pipaddress = getenv<\/a>(HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR);\n        $ipaddress = getenv<\/a>(REMOTE_ADDR);\n        echo<\/a> \"Your Proxy IP address is : \".$pipaddress. \" (via $ipaddress) \" ;\n    } else {\n        $ipaddress = getenv<\/a>(REMOTE_ADDR);\n        echo<\/a> \"Your IP address is : $ipaddress\";\n    }\n    $country = getenv<\/a>(GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME);\n    $country_code = getenv<\/a>(GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE);\n    echo<\/a> \"<br\/>Your country : $country ( $country_code ) \";\n?>\n<\/body>\n<\/html><\/pre>\n
Sample outputs:<\/p>\n
\"Fig.01:<\/a><\/p>\n
Fig.01: What is my ip address?
\nYou can see working\u00a0example here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
How Do I Find Out MaxMind Database Info?<\/h2>\n
Type the following command:
\n# \/usr\/local\/bin\/geoiplookup -v 1.2.3.4<\/code>
\nSample outputs:<\/p>\n
GeoIP Country Edition: GEO-106 20101001 Build 1 Copyright (c) 2010 MaxMind Inc All Rights Reserved<\/pre>\n
How Do I Use Country Code in nginx Configuration?<\/h2>\n
You can use it as follows:<\/p>\n
\u00a0\n### USA specific config ###\n if ($geoip_country_code = US) {\n    do something here for USA visitors;\n    # e.g. set root path \/var\/www\/html\/content\/usa\/;\n }\n\n### India specific config ###\n if ($geoip_country_code = IN) {\n    do something here for Indian visitors ;\n    # e.g. set root path \/var\/www\/html\/content\/india\/;\n }<\/pre>\n
How Do I Test City Level Geo Targeting?<\/h2>\n
Use the following php code:<\/p>\n
<html>\n<head>\n <title>What is my IP address - determine or retrieve my IP address<\/title>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n<?php\n    if (getenv<\/a>(HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR)) {\n        $pipaddress = getenv<\/a>(HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR);\n        $ipaddress = getenv<\/a>(REMOTE_ADDR);\n        echo<\/a> \"<br>Your Proxy IP address is : \".$pipaddress. \" (via $ipaddress) \" ;\n    } else {\n        $ipaddress = getenv<\/a>(REMOTE_ADDR);\n        echo<\/a> \"<br>Your IP address is : $ipaddress\";\n    }\n  $geoip_city_country_code = getenv<\/a>(GEOIP_CITY_COUNTRY_CODE);\n  $geoip_city_country_code3 = getenv<\/a>(GEOIP_CITY_COUNTRY_CODE3);\n  $geoip_city_country_name = getenv<\/a>(GEOIP_CITY_COUNTRY_NAME);\n  $geoip_region = getenv<\/a>(GEOIP_REGION);\n  $geoip_city = getenv<\/a>(GEOIP_CITY);\n  $geoip_postal_code = getenv<\/a>(GEOIP_POSTAL_CODE);\n  $geoip_city_continent_code = getenv<\/a>(GEOIP_CITY_CONTINENT_CODE);\n  $geoip_latitude = getenv<\/a>(GEOIP_LATITUDE);\n  $geoip_longitude = getenv<\/a>(GEOIP_LONGITUDE);\n  echo<\/a> \"<br>Country : $geoip_city_country_name ( $geoip_city_country_code3 , $geoip_city_country_code ) \";\n  echo<\/a> \"<br>Region :  $geoip_region\";\n  echo<\/a> \"<br>City :  $geoip_city \";\n  echo<\/a> \"<br>Postal code :  $geoip_postal_code\";\n  echo<\/a> \"<br>City continent code :  $geoip_city_continent_code\";\n  echo<\/a> \"<br>Geoip latitude :  $geoip_latitude \";\n  echo<\/a> \"<br>Geoip longitude :   $geoip_longitude \";\n\n?>\n<\/body>\n<\/html><\/pre>\n
Sample outputs:<\/p>\n
\"Fig.02:<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Install MaxMind C API Type the following commands to install MaxMind C API: # cd \/tmp #\u00a0wget http:\/\/geolite.maxmind.com\/download\/geoip\/api\/c\/GeoIP.tar.gz # tar -zxvf GeoIP.tar.gz # cd GeoIP-1.4.6 #\u00a0yum install zlib-devel # .\/configure # make # make install You need to configure dynamic linker run time bindings as follows: # echo ‘\/usr\/local\/lib’ > \/etc\/ld.so.conf.d\/geoip.conf Run ldconfig to activate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[158],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux","tag-install-geoip-module-for-countrycity-level-geo-targeting-nginx"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shineservers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shineservers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shineservers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shineservers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shineservers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shineservers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shineservers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shineservers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shineservers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}