Name

       xt_geoip_build_maxmind — convert GeoIP.csv to packed format for xt_geoip

Syntax

       /usr/libexec/xt_geoip/xt_geoip_build_maxmind [-D target_dir] [-S source_dir]

Description

       xt_geoip_build_maxmind  is  used  to  build  packed  raw  representations  of the range database that the
       xt_geoip module relies on. Since kernel memory  is  precious,  much  of  the  preprocessing  is  done  in
       userspace  by  this  very building tool. One file is produced for each country, so that no more addresses
       than needed are required to be loaded into memory. The ranges in  the  packed  database  files  are  also
       ordered, as xt_geoip relies on this property for its bisection approach to work.

       Since  the script is usually installed to the libexec directory of the xtables-addons package and this is
       outside $PATH (on purpose), invoking the script requires it to be called with a path.

       -D target_dir
              Specifies the target directory into which the files are to be put. Defaults to ".".

       -S source_dir
              Specifies the source directory of the MaxMind CSV files. Defaults to ".".

       -s     "System mode". Equivalent to -D /usr/share/xt_geoip.

Application

       Shell commands to build the databases and put them to where they are expected (usually run as root):

       xt_geoip_build_maxmind -s

See also

       xt_geoip_dl_maxmind(1)

xtables-addons                                     2010-12-17                          xt_geoip_build_maxmind(1)