Amit Saha 5/24/2019

Nginx and geoip lookup with geoip2 module

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This article provides a detailed tutorial on setting up GeoIP2-based location lookups in Nginx logs, specifically using the X-Forwarded-For header. It covers installing the geoip2 module, using the mmdblookup tool to query the MaxMind database for data like city, timezone, and country, and extracting specific information from the nested JSON output.

Nginx and geoip lookup with geoip2 module

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