GeoLite2 database not free anymore

[MarcHagen]

How Shlink is set-up

• Shlink Version: 1.21.0
• PHP Version: 7.3.13
• How do you serve Shlink: Self-hosted swoole
• Database engine used: MariaDB

Summary

The URL http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-City.tar.gz doesn't exist anymore.

More here: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/
Maybe including there package? https://maxmind.github.io/GeoIP2-php/

Current behavior

bin/cli visit:update-db results in [ERROR] An error occurred while updating GeoLite2 database

Expected behavior

How to reproduce

If i'm incorrect please let me know but upgrading doesn't work for me right now. Very annoying

[acelaya]

Apparently, it continues being free, but they have changed how it has to be used.

I will have to investigate and find some workaround.

Thanks for letting me know about this and sorry for the inconveniences this might cause.

[MarcHagen]

Ah fair enough, for now i changed the URL according to https://forum.matomo.org/t/maxmind-is-changing-access-to-free-geolite2-databases/35439/3

[jimmybrancaccio]

Update: Nevermind, I should have checked my PHP error_log. memory_limit was too low. Adjusted to 128M and install is fine.

@MarcHagen Where did you change it? I'm trying to install Shlink now but even after updating the URL in:

./config/autoload/geolite2.global.php
./vendor/shlinkio/shlink-ip-geolocation/src/GeoLite2/GeoLite2Options.php

the installation fails. The URL I used is:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191227182209/https://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-City.tar.gz

Downloading GeoLite2 db... [Running "/opt/cpanel/ea-php73/root/usr/bin/php bin/cli visit:update-db"]   RUN  '/opt/cpanel/ea-php73/root/usr/bin/php' 'bin/cli' 'visit:update-db'
  ERR      0 [>---------------------------]    0 [->--------------------------]    0 [--->------------------------]    0 [----->----------------------]    0 [------->--------------------]    0 [--------->------------------]    0 [----------->----------------]    0 [------------->--------------]    0 [-------------->-------------]    0 [---------------->-----------]    0 [------------------>---------]    0 [-------------------->-------]    0 [---------------------->-----]    0 [------------------------>---]    0 [-------------------------->-]    0 [>---------------------------]    0 [->--------------------------]
  ERR   45933 [--->------------------------]
  ERR   226123 [----->----------------------]
  ERR   684805 [------->--------------------]
  ERR   1225405 [--------->------------------]
  ERR   1798764 [----------->----------------]
  ERR   2421267 [------------->--------------]
  ERR   3125680 [-------------->-------------]
  ERR   3912004 [---------------->-----------]
  ERR   4763855 [------------------>---------]
  ERR   5697617 [-------------------->-------]
  ERR   6746050 [---------------------->-----]
  ERR   7843625 [------------------------>---]
  ERR   8957584 [-------------------------->-]
  ERR   10055159 [>---------------------------]
  ERR   11038064 [->--------------------------]
  ERR   11726094 [--->------------------------]
  ERR   12840053 [----->----------------------]
  ERR   13954012 [------->--------------------]
  ERR   15067972 [--------->------------------]
  ERR   15985350 [----------->----------------]
  ERR   16149163 [------------->--------------]
  ERR   17459703 [-------------->-------------]
  ERR   18262411 [---------------->-----------]
  ERR   19097878 [------------------>---------]
  ERR   19949729 [-------------------->-------]
  ERR   20817956 [---------------------->-----]
  ERR   21686191 [------------------------>---]
  ERR   22587185 [-------------------------->-]
  ERR   23504563 [>---------------------------]
  ERR   24438326 [->--------------------------]
  ERR   25372079 [--->------------------------]
  ERR   26322225 [----->----------------------]
  ERR   27305130 [------->--------------------]
  ERR   28288027 [--------->------------------]
  ERR   29270932 [----------->----------------]
  RES  255 Command did not run successfully

[MarcHagen]

Ah well i changed it to a local copy url, not the archive.org because it's officially not allowed by there terms. Sorry was not very specific about that

[acelaya]

You can use this URL in order to continue getting the latest DB file https://download.maxmind.com/app/geoip_download?edition_id=GeoLite2-City&license_key=G4Lm0C60yJsnkdPi&suffix=tar.gz.

I will publish a new patch release right away which will use this new URL.

[acelaya]

I have just released v1.21.1, which includes the fix.

Thank you guys for reporting the issue and providing the info to find a solution 💪