Thread: GeoIP Globally

I was wondering if it's possible to configure GeoIP globally via the main httpd/apache.conf

I've inserted this code in apache.conf:

<IfModule mod_geoip.c>
GeoIPEnable On

GeoIPDBFile /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !googlebot|Msnbot|Slurp|Teoma^$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{ENV:GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE} ^(CN|IQ|NG|IR|SA|AG|MY|ID|CL|KW|AE|TR|RU|BR)$

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.proxysites.net [L]

</IfModule>

And it doesn't seem to work.

The same code does work in .htaccess though.

This is on Cpanel which I'm not that familiar with, but I'm pretty sure it's inserted correctly.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Thanks,
-nux

My first thought is that perhaps the code isn't in the right place in httpd.conf.

Is it in the same part of httpd.conf as your other module configurations?

Is all your Apache config in httpd.conf, or does your httpd.conf use include files?

Is this CentOS?

Did you restart Apache after making the change to httpd.conf?

That should work.

Hmm, I've seen in the maxmind forums problems with things not working when mod_geoip is loaded before other modules like mod_rewrite or mod_setevif, so make sure mod_geoip is loading after everything else (I believe this is only important in Apache 1.3.x as 2.x allows modules to specifiy their own order, but it can't hurt). Also try adding a RewriteEngine on before the RewriteCond lines just to make sure mod_rewrite is getting activated.