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Documented the geoip module in stream.
author Yaroslav Zhuravlev <yar@nginx.com>
date Wed, 13 Jul 2016 21:15:55 +0300
parents xml/en/docs/http/ngx_http_geoip_module.xml@07402a11fd8d
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<!--
+  Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc.
+  -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE module SYSTEM "../../../../dtd/module.dtd">
+
+<module name="Module ngx_stream_geoip_module"
+        link="/en/docs/stream/ngx_http_geoip_module.html"
+        lang="en"
+        rev="1">
+
+<section id="summary">
+
+<para>
+The <literal>ngx_stream_geoip_module</literal> module (1.11.3) creates variables
+with values depending on the client IP address, using the precompiled
+<link url="http://www.maxmind.com">MaxMind</link> databases.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+When using the databases with IPv6 support,
+IPv4 addresses are looked up as IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+This module is not built by default, it should be enabled with the
+<literal>--with-stream_geoip_module</literal>
+configuration parameter.
+<note>
+This module requires the
+<link url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/c">MaxMind GeoIP</link> library.
+</note>
+</para>
+
+</section>
+
+
+<section id="example" name="Example Configuration">
+
+<para>
+<example>
+stream {
+    geoip_country         GeoIP.dat;
+    geoip_city            GeoLiteCity.dat;
+
+    map $geoip_city_continent_code $nearest_server {
+        default        example.com;
+        EU          eu.example.com;
+        NA          na.example.com;
+        AS          as.example.com;
+    }
+   ...
+}
+</example>
+</para>
+
+</section>
+
+
+<section id="directives" name="Directives">
+
+<directive name="geoip_country">
+<syntax><value>file</value></syntax>
+<default/>
+<context>stream</context>
+
+<para>
+Specifies a database used to determine the country
+depending on the client IP address.
+The following variables are available when using this database:
+<list type="tag">
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_country_code"><var>$geoip_country_code</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+two-letter country code, for example,
+“<literal>RU</literal>”, “<literal>US</literal>”.
+</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_country_code3"><var>$geoip_country_code3</var>
+</tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+three-letter country code, for example,
+“<literal>RUS</literal>”, “<literal>USA</literal>”.
+</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_country_name"><var>$geoip_country_name</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+country name, for example,
+“<literal>Russian Federation</literal>”, “<literal>United States</literal>”.
+</tag-desc>
+
+</list>
+</para>
+
+</directive>
+
+
+<directive name="geoip_city">
+<syntax><value>file</value></syntax>
+<default/>
+<context>stream</context>
+
+<para>
+Specifies a database used to determine the country, region, and city
+depending on the client IP address.
+The following variables are available when using this database:
+<list type="tag">
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_area_code"><var>$geoip_area_code</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>telephone area code (US only).
+<note>
+This variable may contain outdated information since
+the corresponding database field is deprecated.
+</note>
+</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_city_continent_code">
+<var>$geoip_city_continent_code</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>two-letter continent code, for example,
+“<literal>EU</literal>”, “<literal>NA</literal>”.
+</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_city_country_code"><var>$geoip_city_country_code</var>
+</tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+two-letter country code, for example,
+“<literal>RU</literal>”, “<literal>US</literal>”.
+</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_city_country_code3"><var>$geoip_city_country_code3</var>
+</tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+three-letter country code, for example,
+“<literal>RUS</literal>”, “<literal>USA</literal>”.
+</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_city_country_name"><var>$geoip_city_country_name</var>
+</tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+country name, for example,
+“<literal>Russian Federation</literal>”, “<literal>United States</literal>”.
+</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_dma_code"><var>$geoip_dma_code</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+DMA region code in US (also known as “metro code”), according to the
+<link url="https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/cities-DMAregions">geotargeting</link>
+in Google AdWords API.
+</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_latitude"><var>$geoip_latitude</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>latitude.</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_longitude"><var>$geoip_longitude</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>longitude.</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_region"><var>$geoip_region</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+two-symbol country region code (region, territory, state, province, federal land
+and the like), for example,
+“<literal>48</literal>”, “<literal>DC</literal>”.
+</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_region_name"><var>$geoip_region_name</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+country region name (region, territory, state, province, federal land
+and the like), for example,
+“<literal>Moscow City</literal>”, “<literal>District of Columbia</literal>”.
+</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_city"><var>$geoip_city</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+city name, for example,
+“<literal>Moscow</literal>”, “<literal>Washington</literal>”.
+</tag-desc>
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_postal_code"><var>$geoip_postal_code</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+postal code.
+</tag-desc>
+
+</list>
+</para>
+
+</directive>
+
+
+<directive name="geoip_org">
+<syntax><value>file</value></syntax>
+<default/>
+<context>stream</context>
+
+<para>
+Specifies a database used to determine the organization
+depending on the client IP address.
+The following variable is available when using this database:
+<list type="tag">
+
+<tag-name id="var_geoip_org"><var>$geoip_org</var></tag-name>
+<tag-desc>
+organization name, for example, “The University of Melbourne”.
+</tag-desc>
+
+</list>
+</para>
+
+</directive>
+
+</section>
+
+</module>