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maxminddb: A Lua library for reading MaxMind's Geolocation database

Installation

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CentOS/RHEL 7 or Amazon Linux 2

yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
yum -y install lua-resty-maxminddb

CentOS/RHEL 8+, Fedora Linux, Amazon Linux 2023

yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
yum -y install lua5.1-resty-maxminddb

To use this Lua library with NGINX, ensure that nginx-module-lua is installed.

This document describes lua-resty-maxminddb v1.3.3 released on Apr 13 2022.

Name

lua-resty-maxminddb - A Lua library for reading MaxMind's Geolocation database format (aka mmdb or geoip2).

Prerequisites

Bug fixed

Apology for infringement - https://github.com/anjia0532/lua-resty-maxminddb/issues/25

Note - [maxmind/libmaxminddb][]

  • [openresty][]

  • [GeoLite2 Free Downloadable Databases][linkGeolite2FreeDownloadableDatabases]

  • [maxmind/geoipupdate][]

Installation

opm get anjia0532/lua-resty-maxminddb

Synopsis

  local cjson = require 'cjson'
  local geo = require 'resty.maxminddb'
  if not geo.initted() then
      geo.init("/path/to/GeoLite2-City.mmdb")
  end
  local res,err = geo.lookup(ngx.var.arg_ip or ngx.var.remote_addr) --support ipv6 e.g. 2001:4860:0:1001::3004:ef68

  if not res then
      ngx.log(ngx.ERR,'failed to lookup by ip ,reason:',err)
  end

  ngx.say("full :",cjson.encode(res))
  if ngx.var.arg_node then
     ngx.say("node name:",ngx.var.arg_node," ,value:", cjson.encode(res[ngx.var.arg_node] or {}))
  end

  #ipv4
  $ curl localhost/ip=114.114.114.114&node=city
  #ipv6
  #$ curl localhost/ip=2001:4860:0:1001::3004:ef68&node=country
  full :{"city":{"geoname_id":1799962,"names":{"en":"Nanjing","ru":"Нанкин","fr":"Nankin","pt-BR":"Nanquim","zh-CN":"南京","es":"Nankín","de":"Nanjing","ja":"南京市"}},"subdivisions":[{"geoname_id":1806260,"names":{"en":"Jiangsu","fr":"Province de Jiangsu","zh-CN":"江苏省"},"iso_code":"32"}],"country":{"geoname_id":1814991,"names":{"en":"China","ru":"Китай","fr":"Chine","pt-BR":"China","zh-CN":"中国","es":"China","de":"China","ja":"中国"},"iso_code":"CN"},"registered_country":{"geoname_id":1814991,"names":{"en":"China","ru":"Китай","fr":"Chine","pt-BR":"China","zh-CN":"中国","es":"China","de":"China","ja":"中国"},"iso_code":"CN"},"location":{"time_zone":"Asia\/Shanghai","longitude":118.7778,"accuracy_radius":50,"latitude":32.0617},"continent":{"geoname_id":6255147,"names":{"en":"Asia","ru":"Азия","fr":"Asie","pt-BR":"Ásia","zh-CN":"亚洲","es":"Asia","de":"Asien","ja":"アジア"},"code":"AS"}}
  node name:city ,value:{"geoname_id":1799962,"names":{"en":"Nanjing","ru":"Нанкин","fr":"Nankin","pt-BR":"Nanquim","zh-CN":"南京","es":"Nankín","de":"Nanjing","ja":"南京市"}}

prettify 

full: {
    "city": {
        "geoname_id": 1799962,
        "names": {
            "en": "Nanjing",
            "ru": "Нанкин",
            "fr": "Nankin",
            "pt-BR": "Nanquim",
            "zh-CN": "南京",
            "es": "Nankín",
            "de": "Nanjing",
            "ja": "南京市"
        }
    },
    "subdivisions": [{
            "geoname_id": 1806260,
            "names": {
                "en": "Jiangsu",
                "fr": "Province de Jiangsu",
                "zh-CN": "江苏省"
            },
            "iso_code": "32"
        }
    ],
    "country": {
        "geoname_id": 1814991,
        "names": {
            "en": "China",
            "ru": "Китай",
            "fr": "Chine",
            "pt-BR": "China",
            "zh-CN": "中国",
            "es": "China",
            "de": "China",
            "ja": "中国"
        },
        "iso_code": "CN"
    },
    "registered_country": {
        "geoname_id": 1814991,
        "names": {
            "en": "China",
            "ru": "Китай",
            "fr": "Chine",
            "pt-BR": "China",
            "zh-CN": "中国",
            "es": "China",
            "de": "China",
            "ja": "中国"
        },
        "iso_code": "CN"
    },
    "location": {
        "time_zone": "Asia\/Shanghai",
        "longitude": 118.7778,
        "accuracy_radius": 50,
        "latitude": 32.0617
    },
    "continent": {
        "geoname_id": 6255147,
        "names": {
            "en": "Asia",
            "ru": "Азия",
            "fr": "Asie",
            "pt-BR": "Ásia",
            "zh-CN": "亚洲",
            "es": "Asia",
            "de": "Asien",
            "ja": "アジア"
        },
        "code": "AS"
    }
}
node name: city, value: {
    "geoname_id": 1799962,
    "names": {
        "en": "Nanjing",
        "ru": "Нанкин",
        "fr": "Nankin",
        "pt-BR": "Nanquim",
        "zh-CN": "南京",
        "es": "Nankín",
        "de": "Nanjing",
        "ja": "南京市"
    }
}

References

  • [GeoIP2 City and Country CSV Databases][linkGeoip2CityAndCountryCsvDatabases]
  • [lilien1010/lua-resty-maxminddb][]
  • [maxmind/libmaxminddb#source#lookup_and_print][]
  • [maxmind/libmaxminddb#source#dump_entry_data_list][]

Bug Reports

Please report bugs by filing an issue with our GitHub issue tracker at https://github.com/anjia0532/lua-resty-maxminddb/issues

If the bug is casued by libmaxminddb tracker at https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/issues

GitHub

You may find additional configuration tips and documentation for this module in the GitHub repository for nginx-module-maxminddb.