Introduction

The GeoLite databases are our free IP geolocation databases. They are updated on the first Tuesday of each month.

Requirements

• Ubuntu server

Installation

Add a monthly cron job.

sudo vi /etc/cron.monthly/downloadgeolitedatabase

with the following content.

#!/bin/sh

wget http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz -P /tmp/
gunzip /tmp/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz

# add copy and other commands here:
# start region: modification

# cp /tmp/GeoLiteCity.dat [destination]

# end region: modification

rm /tmp/GeoLiteCity.dat

Enable execution of the script for the owner.

sudo chmod o+x /etc/cron.monthly/downloadgeolitedatabase

Source

GeoLite Free Downloadable Databases
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