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diff --git a/content/blog/2023-06-08-goaccess-geoip.md b/content/blog/2023-06-08-goaccess-geoip.md deleted file mode 100644 index ff5d031..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2023-06-08-goaccess-geoip.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ -+++ -date = 2023-06-08 -title = "Inspecting Nginx Logs with GoAccess and MaxMind GeoIP Data" -description = "" -draft = false -+++ - -# Overview - -[GoAccess](https://goaccess.io/) is an open source real-time web log analyzer -and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in \*nix systems or through your -browser. - -# Installation - -To start, you'll need to install GoAccess for your OS. Here's an example for -Debian-based distros: - -```sh -sudo apt install goaccess -``` - -Next, find any number of the MaxMind GeoIP database files on GitHub or another -file hosting website. We're going to use P3TERX's version in this example: - -```sh -wget https://github.com/P3TERX/GeoLite.mmdb/raw/download/GeoLite2-City.mmdb -``` - -Be sure to save this file in an easy to remember location! - -# Usage - -In order to utilize the full capabilities of GoAccess and MMDB, start with the -command template below and customize as necessary. This will export an HTML view -of the GoAccess dashboard, showing all relevant information related to that -site's access log. You can also omit the `-o output.html` parameter if you -prefer to view the data within the CLI instead of creating an HTML file. - -With the addition of the GeoIP Database parameter, section `16 - Geo Location` -will be added with the various countries that are associated with the collected -IP addresses. - -```sh -zcat /var/log/nginx/example.access.log.*.gz | goaccess \ ---geoip-database=/home/user/GeoLite2-City.mmdb \ ---date-format=%d/%b/%Y \ ---time-format=%H:%M:%S \ ---log-format=COMBINED \ --o output.html \ -/var/log/nginx/example.access.log - -```
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