kamailio/modules/geoip

geoip Module

Daniel-Constantin Mierla

   asipto.com

Edited by

Daniel-Constantin Mierla

   <miconda@gmail.com>

   Copyright © 2010 Daniel-Constantin Mierla (asipto.com)
     __________________________________________________________________

   Table of Contents

   1. Admin Guide

        1. Overview
        2. Dependencies

              2.1. Kamailio Modules
              2.2. External Libraries or Applications

        3. Exported Parameters

              3.1. path (string)

        4. Exported Functions

              4.1. geoip_match(ipaddr, pvc)

        5. Exported pseudo-variables

   List of Examples

   1.1. Set path parameter
   1.2. geoip_match usage

Chapter 1. Admin Guide

   Table of Contents

   1. Overview
   2. Dependencies

        2.1. Kamailio Modules
        2.2. External Libraries or Applications

   3. Exported Parameters

        3.1. path (string)

   4. Exported Functions

        4.1. geoip_match(ipaddr, pvc)

   5. Exported pseudo-variables

1. Overview

   This module allows real-time queries against the Max Mind GeoIP
   database to be performed from the config script.

   The Max Mind GeoIP database is a map of IP network address assignments
   to geographical locales that can be useful -- though approximate -- in
   identifying the physical location with which an IP host address is
   associated on a relatively granular level.

   This database itself can be obtained on a free or commercial basis
   here. The library that interfaces with the Max Mind API, as well as
   scripts to automate downloading of the on-disk version of the
   open-source database is also packaged by the Debian Linux distribution
   and its derivatives as libgeoip, and probably by other distributions as
   well.

   This module exports a new class of pseudo-variables - $gip(pvc=>key) -
   to enable access to the results of a query to the database.

   Many queries can be done and store results in different containers to
   be able to use in parallel. Database is loaded at startup in cache.

2. Dependencies

   2.1. Kamailio Modules
   2.2. External Libraries or Applications

2.1. Kamailio Modules

   The following modules must be loaded before this module:
     * none.

2.2. External Libraries or Applications

   The following libraries or applications must be installed before
   running Kamailio with this module loaded:
     * libgeoip - the GeoIP library.

3. Exported Parameters

   3.1. path (string)

3.1. path (string)

   Path to the GeoIP database file.

   Default value is “null”.

   Example 1.1. Set path parameter
...
modparam("geoip", "path", "/usr/local/share/GeoLiteCity.dat")
...

4. Exported Functions

   4.1. geoip_match(ipaddr, pvc)

4.1.  geoip_match(ipaddr, pvc)

   Match ipaddr against the GeoIP database and set the pvc container. The
   function has to be called before accessing a key via: $gip(pvc=>key).

   Example 1.2. geoip_match usage
...
if(geoip_match("$si", "src"))
    xlog("SIP message from: $gip(src=>cc)\n");
...

5. Exported pseudo-variables

     * $gip(pvc=>key) - pvc is an identifier for this query result; it is
       designated by the second parameter of geoip_match(). The key can be
       one of the following:
          + cc - country code
          + tz - time zone
          + zip - postal code
          + lat - latitude
          + lon - longitude
          + dma - dma code
          + ips - ip start
          + ipe - ip end
          + city - city
          + area - area code
          + regc - region
          + regn - region name
          + metro - metro code

   Exported pseudo-variables are documented at
   http://www.kamailio.org/dokuwiki/.