Installing GeoIP Module On Apache2, Ubuntu 16.04

Abhishek Ghosh

By Abhishek Ghosh June 8, 2017 8:51 pm Updated on June 8, 2017

Installing GeoIP Module On Apache2, Ubuntu 16.04

We did it before but for Nginx (you can look – Installing GeoIP On Nginx). We need this to use GoAcesss log analyzer like tools, Piwik etc. WordPress like modern CMS use PHP based function and needs no server side work. Installing GeoIP Module On Apache2, Ubuntu 16.04 Needs Some Manual Steps After Running Installation Command. Sample PHP file supplied to test.

Installing GeoIP Module On Apache2, Ubuntu 16.04

As there is an Apache Module, installing GeoIP on Apache2 is far easier compared to Nginx. If you run

apt search geoip

1	apt search geoip

You’ll get libapache2-mod-geoip apart from other packages. In order to install properly, run :

apt update
apt upgrade
apt install geoip-bin geoip-database libapache2-mod-geoip libgeoip1

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apt update

apt upgrade

apt install geoip-bin geoip-database libapache2-mod-geoip libgeoip1

In newer Apache, modules automatically get activated, manual work not needed. The Geo files are at this location :

/usr/share/GeoIP/

1	/usr/share/GeoIP/

Those files need update by manual works.

You need to download the databases from here :

https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/geolite/

1	https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/geolite/

Do these steps :

cd /usr/share/GeoIP/
ls
rm GeoIP.dat
wget http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz
gunzip GeoIP.dat.gz
wget http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz
gunzip GeoLiteCity.dat.gz
wget http://download.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/asnum/GeoIPASNum.dat.gz
gunzip GeoIPASNum.dat.gz
ls

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cd /usr/share/GeoIP/

ls

rm GeoIP.dat

wget http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz

gunzip GeoIP.dat.gz

wget http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz

gunzip GeoLiteCity.dat.gz

wget http://download.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/asnum/GeoIPASNum.dat.gz

gunzip GeoIPASNum.dat.gz

ls

The Apache GeoIP Module configuration file is located here :

/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/geoip.conf

1	/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/geoip.conf

Open it :

nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/geoip.conf

1	nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/geoip.conf

For our above steps, the file after editing should look like this :

<IfModule mod_geoip.c>
  GeoIPEnable On
  GeoIPDBFile /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat
  GeoIPDBFile /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat
  GeoIPDBFile /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNum.dat
</IfModule>

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GeoIPEnable On

GeoIPDBFile /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat

GeoIPDBFile /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat

GeoIPDBFile /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNum.dat

</IfModule>

Save the file. You’ll notice that the file has warning :

  # For performance reasons, it's not recommended to turn GeoIP on serverwide,
  # but rather only in <Location> or <Directory> blocks where it's actually
  # needed.

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# For performance reasons, it's not recommended to turn GeoIP on serverwide,

# but rather only in <Location> or <Directory> blocks where it's actually

# needed.

We are keeping on as we need for works like server log analysis. That module’s documentation is available on GitHub :

https://github.com/maxmind/geoip-api-mod_geoip2

1	https://github.com/maxmind/geoip-api-mod_geoip2

The module has hundreds of odd matters, unless you need, keep the status to off. Run configtest and restart the server :

apachectl -t
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

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Now, go to your FTP public directory location and wget my script which I kept here on GitHub.Alternatively, you can create a file with some name like geotest.php and copy-paste this content :

<html>
<body>
<?php

$geoip_country_code = getenv(GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE);
$geoip_country_name = getenv(GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME);
$geoip_region = getenv(GEOIP_REGION);
$geoip_city = getenv(GEOIP_CITY);
$geoip_postal_code = getenv(GEOIP_POSTAL_CODE);
$geoip_latitude = getenv(GEOIP_LATITUDE);
$geoip_longitude = getenv(GEOIP_LONGITUDE);


echo 'Country code: '.$geoip_country_code.'<br>';
echo 'Country name: '.$geoip_country_name.'<br>';
echo 'Region: '.$geoip_region.'<br>';
echo 'City: '.$geoip_city.'<br>';
echo 'Postal code: '.$geoip_postal_code.'<br>';
echo 'Latitude: '.$geoip_latitude.'<br>';
echo 'Longitude: '.$geoip_longitude.'<br>';

?>
</body>
</html>

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<html>

<body>

<?php

$geoip_country_code = getenv(GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE);

$geoip_country_name = getenv(GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME);

$geoip_region = getenv(GEOIP_REGION);

$geoip_city = getenv(GEOIP_CITY);

$geoip_postal_code = getenv(GEOIP_POSTAL_CODE);

$geoip_latitude = getenv(GEOIP_LATITUDE);

$geoip_longitude = getenv(GEOIP_LONGITUDE);

echo 'Country code: '.$geoip_country_code.' ';

echo 'Country name: '.$geoip_country_name.' ';

echo 'Region: '.$geoip_region.' ';

echo 'City: '.$geoip_city.' ';

echo 'Postal code: '.$geoip_postal_code.' ';

echo 'Latitude: '.$geoip_latitude.' ';

echo 'Longitude: '.$geoip_longitude.' ';

?>

</body>

</html>

Now open URL to point to that file on browser, you will see some information about your ISP like :

Country code: IT
Country name: Italy
Region: 16
City: Arezzo
Postal code: 52100
Latitude: 43.416698
Longitude: 11.883300

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Country code: IT

Country name: Italy

Region: 16

City: Arezzo

Postal code: 52100

Latitude: 43.416698

Longitude: 11.883300

That means installation is correct.

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