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Hi,

I've recently installed FreeNginx[^FN]

I would like to use the geoip_module to have some "Stats" about my visitors..\

on the documentation we can read:

... using the precompiled MaxMind databases ...

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But on the MaxMind website I'm facing a wall:

Sorry, we were not able to create your account. Please ensure that you are using an email that is not disposable, and that you are not connecting via a proxy or VPN.

So not working... And anyway I'm not a fan of using something compiled and more over not open source...

So do you know another solution to get GeoIP data with FreeNginx ?

Thanks.

[^FN]: https://freenginx.org/
https://programming.dev/post/12566209?sort=Old

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[–] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The free version of Maxmind's db should be available on your distro. The name is going to be 'geoip' with something extra hanging on :)

[–] Rick_C137@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thank you @tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz

Let me re phrase your answer:
... should be available in your distro repository...

indeed I've downloaded a couples of thing but nothing had what I was needed, but with the information within those packages I've found https://mailfud.org/geoip-legacy and it works like a charms