ngx_http_geoip2_module/README.md

Description
===========

**ngx_http_geoip2_module** - creates variables with values from the maxmind geoip2 databases based on the client IP (supports both IPv4 and IPv6)

## Installing
First install [libmaxminddb](https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb) as described in its [README.md
file](https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/blob/master/README.md#installing-from-a-tarball).

Compile nginx:
```
./configure --add-module=/path/to/ngx_http_geoip2_module
make 
make install
```

## Download Maxmind GeoLite2 Database (optional)
The free GeoLite2 databases are available from [Maxminds website](http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/)

[GeoLite2 City](http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-City.mmdb.gz)
[GeoLite2 Country](http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz)

## Example Usage:
```
http {
    ...
    geoip2 /etc/maxmind-country.mmdb {
        $geoip2_data_country_code default=US country iso_code;
        $geoip2_data_country_name country names en;
    }

    geoip2 /etc/maxmind-city.mmdb {
        $geoip2_data_city_name default=London city names en;
    }
    ....
}
```