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GeoIP

authentik supports GeoIP to add additional information to login/authorization/enrollment requests, and make policy decisions based on the lookup result.

Configuration​

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Starting with authentik 2022.12, GeoIP is bundled and does not require any additional setup.

By default, the GeoIP database is loaded from /geoip/GeoLite2-City.mmdb. If more frequent database updates are desired, a volume can be mounted to /geoip to update this file externally. authentik will automatically re-load the file when it changes.

Deactivating GeoIP​

If you want to disable GeoIP, you can set the path to a non-existent path and authentik will skip the GeoIP.

Add the following block to your `.env` file:
AUTHENTIK_GEOIP=/tmp/non-existent-file

Afterwards, run the upgrade commands from the latest release notes.

External updates​

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Add the following block to a `docker-compose.override.yml` file in the same folder as the authentik docker-compose file:
version: "3.2"

services:
    server:
        volumes:
            - geoip:/geoip
    worker:
        volumes:
            - geoip:/geoip
    geoipupdate:
        image: "maxmindinc/geoipupdate:latest"
        volumes:
            - "geoip:/usr/share/GeoIP"
        environment:
            GEOIPUPDATE_EDITION_IDS: "GeoLite2-City"
            GEOIPUPDATE_FREQUENCY: "8"
            GEOIPUPDATE_ACCOUNT_ID: "*your account ID*"
            GEOIPUPDATE_LICENSE_KEY: "*your license key*"
volumes:
    geoip:
        driver: local

Afterwards, run the upgrade commands from the latest release notes.