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litespeed_wiki:cache:common:geoip-support [2019/04/17 14:52] Lisa Clarke [Advanced Configuration:GEOIP2 Envirment Variables] Copyediting |
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| GeoIP rewrite rules that do not work as expected may be more complicated. You will need to check the rules to look for issues such as a redirect loop. When needed, you can log a ticket with us. Let us know the rules set is not working as expected, and provide a more detailed test example for us to take a further look. | GeoIP rewrite rules that do not work as expected may be more complicated. You will need to check the rules to look for issues such as a redirect loop. When needed, you can log a ticket with us. Let us know the rules set is not working as expected, and provide a more detailed test example for us to take a further look. | ||
| - | ==== Out of date database caused IP not blocked ==== | + | ==== IP Not Blocked Due to Out-of-date Database ==== |
| - | A user setup the following at /etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/geoip.conf: | + | A user set up the following at ''/etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/geoip.conf'': |
| <IfModule mod_geoip.c> | <IfModule mod_geoip.c> | ||
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| - | Tested from an IP x.x.x.x (NG/Nigeria/-), it should be blocked but it didnot. | + | Testing from an IP in NG/Nigeria/- ''x.x.x.x'', it should be blocked but it is not. |
| - | Further analysis showing the above IP blongs to North Carolina, US in that downloaded MaxMind database and look like the record on that old database is incorrrect. If the database is not kept up to date, it will result in incorrect information. | + | Further analysis shows the above IP belongs to North Carolina, US in the downloaded MaxMind database. It looks like the record on that old database is incorrrect. If the database is not kept up to date, it will result in incorrect information. |
| - | You can keep the database up to date from time to time manually by doing a direct download of the database, or you can use the [[https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoipupdate/|geoipupdate -tool]], so your system automatically keeps the file up to date whenever MaxMind updates the records in the database. | + | You can keep the database up to date from time to time manually by doing a direct download, or you can use the [[https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoipupdate/|geoipupdate tool]], so your system automatically keeps the file up to date whenever MaxMind publishes an update. |