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#22069 Maxmind GeoLite2 download/upload

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Latest post by tampe125 on Thursday, 12 February 2015 07:25 CST

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Dear Sir, Madam.

On Page 14, Admintools User's Guide, you are stating following:

"You can download the latest version of MaxMing GeoLite2 database [http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/] in binary format, from http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz
[???].
Extract the downloaded compressed file using gunzip on Linux, 7-Zip on Windows or BetterZIP on Mac OS X.
It will result in a file named GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz.
Upload it to your site's plugins/system/akgeoip/
db directory overwriting the existing file."

In case I perform a manual Geolite2 database update I first download from the Maxmind website this file:
GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz

You are stating I should extract the file.
After I extract the file the folliwing directory structure will be created:
GeoLite2-Country.mmdb\home\tjmather\mm_website\geoip\BuildDatabase

Finally you will find a file named: GeoLite2-Country.mmdb

I upload this file to: plugins/system/akgeoip/db directory.

It seems everything is working fine.
But I am in doubt!

You are stating I should upload GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz

Which one should I upload:
the .gz file
or
the .mmdb file ???

Thank you , I appreciate your support.

Ruud van Helvoort

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Hello Ruud,

the correct file to upload is GeoLite2-Country.mmdb

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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