Name

       xt_geoip_build — convert GeoIP.csv to packed format for xt_geoip

Syntax

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

Description

       xt_geoip_build 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  from  which  to  read  the  three  files   by   the   name   of
              GeoLite2-Country-Blocks-IPv4.csv,               GeoLite2-Country-Blocks-IPv6.csv               and
              GeoLite2-Country-Locations-en.csv. Defaults to ".".

Application

       Shell commands to build the databases and put them to where they are expected:

       xt_geoip_build -D /usr/share/xt_geoip

See also

       xt_geoip_dl(1)

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