Installing the GeoIP Apache module

27Feb/103

This module allows you to determine which country, region, city, postal code, area code the visitor is coming from.

1. Install the module

apt-get install libapache2-mod-geoip

2. Restart Apache

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

3. Create a new PHP file to test the module (pico /var/www/test.php or any file you can access on your server)

<?php print_r($_SERVER); ?>

4. Navigate to the new file in a web browser (http://yourserver/test.php)

The response will be something like this:

Array ( [GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE] => GB [GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME] => United Kingdom ... )

Tárikly Lira
February 28th, 2010 - 13:20

Interesting, but is it possible to create a rule to restrict accesss by region or city?
aip
March 1st, 2010 - 20:11

Yes you can but you may require a license for that. Check the GeoIP Apache module web: http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location
Colin Foster
October 12th, 2010 - 23:51

I’ve installed OK on Debian 2.6.18 and I’ve also uncommented the /etc/apache2/modules-available/geoip.conf line

GeoIPDBFile /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat

which information elsewhere suggests is needed.

However running a simple PHP test script produces the output

Country name : N/A
Country code : –

So, either it really doesn’t know which country my IP is in (unlikely) or I’ve done something wrong. Anyone got any suggestions?

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