nginx and GeoLite2

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 09:53:42PM +0400, Maxim Dounin wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 07:51:23PM +0300, wishmaster wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  --- Original message ---
> > From: "Maxim Dounin" <mdounin at mdounin.ru>
> > Date: 21 October 2013, 16:13:01
> > 
> >  
> > > Hello!
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 12:38:30PM +0300, wishmaster wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi
> > > > I am planning to use GeoLite with nginx. On the MaxMind website there is an announcement:
> > > > 
> > > > Announcement
> > > > Free access to the latest in IP geolocation databases is now available in our GeoLite2 Databases
> > > > 
> > > > I've used this db but nginx returned the error. Is it possible to use GeoLite2?
> > > 
> > > GeoLite2 databases use different format and different libraries 
> > > are needed to access them.  They are new and not supported by 
> > > nginx.
> > > 
> > > Use GeoLite databases instead (without "2").  Or use a CSV 
> > > version, a perl script to convert CSV files from MaxMind to nginx 
> > > ngx_http_geo_module configuration is in contrib.
> > > 
> >  Unfortunately, v2 of this db is not shipped in CSV format. Binary format only.
> >   See http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/
> 
> As far as I can tell, the only difference between GeoLite and 
> GeoLite2 is format.
> 
> At least the http://www.maxmind.com/en/opensource page makes me 
> think so, as a link to the GeoLite2 page annotated as "(New 
> format)".

v2 databases require access via v2 API:
https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/blob/master/doc/libmaxminddb.md

http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/whats-new-in-geoip2/
http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/

> >   Max, are you planning to add support of GeoLite2 in nginx in nearest future?
> 
> No.

I'd expand on this: not until the new C API is released.
(Currently, it's declared beta and subject to change.)