ipLocator

ipLocator - a fast basic Geo-Ip Server made with Go

(v. 01/07/2015 Meets maxmind.com 2015 database format. See comments in code for options.)

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Dependencies

(1) pure go key/value store boltdb (https://github.com/boltdb/bolt)

go get github.com/boltdb/bolt

(2) bloomfilter

go get github.com/AndreasBriese/bbloom

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Usage

Configure ipLocator with command line options (default values shown)

-download_DB=false: Reload database from maxmind.com and Restore database from GeoLite-Data

-ip="": enter a csv-list of IP

-json=false: return JSON

-new_DB=false: Restore database from maxmind.com GeoLite-Data

-server=false: run server at localhost:9000

Quickstart:

#####Linux/MacOSX/Windows

go run ipLocator.go -download_DB=true -server=true

1. downloads the maxmind.com GeoLite2 - CSV .zip database folder
2. unzips it
3. loads csv-data into programs database ./iplocs.bdb (~ 500 MB)
4. starts server at localhost:9000 (--> const ServerAddr within ipLocator.go)

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As of 2014-08-17 a demo server is running at https://oo.bootes.uberspace.de

As of 2014-08-17 a demo server is running at http://bric.lepus.uberspace.de:61165