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<chapter>
    
    <title>&adminguide;</title>
    
    <section>
	<title>Overview</title>
	<para>
		This module allows real-time queries against the Max Mind GeoIP 
		database to be performed from the config script. It uses the old
		version of API, still very common on OS distributions. For using
		the new version of GeoIP API, see geoip2 module.
	</para>
	<para>
		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.
	</para>
	<para>
		This database itself can be obtained on a free or commercial basis 
		from <ulink url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location">
		http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location</ulink>. 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 <emphasis>libgeoip</emphasis>, and probably by
		other distributions as well.
	</para>
	<para>
		Debian Linux squeeze includes already a database as dependency, but as
		this contain the wrong data, it will not work correctly with the module.
		More accurate, the module expect the <emphasis>GeoIP City Edition</emphasis>,
		and will not work with the <emphasis>GeoIP Country Edition</emphasis>. In
		newer Debian Linux releases the package <emphasis>geoip-database-contrib</emphasis>
		should contain the necessary database. You can download the Lite edition
		of the DB from <ulink url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity">
		http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity</ulink>.
	</para>
	<para>
		This module exports a new class of pseudo-variables -
		$gip(pvc=&gt;key) - to enable access to the results of a query to the
		database.
	</para>
	<para>
		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.
	</para>
    </section>
    <section>
	<title>Dependencies</title>
	<section>
	    <title>&kamailio; Modules</title>
	    <para>
		The following modules must be loaded before this module:
	    	<itemizedlist>
		    <listitem>
			<para>
			    <emphasis>none</emphasis>.
			</para>
		    </listitem>
	    	</itemizedlist>
	    </para>
	</section>
	<section>
	    <title>External Libraries or Applications</title>
	    <para>
		The following libraries or applications must be installed before running
		&kamailio; with this module loaded:
	    	<itemizedlist>
		    <listitem>
			<para>
			    <emphasis>libgeoip</emphasis> - the GeoIP library.
			</para>
		    </listitem>
	    	</itemizedlist>
	    </para>
	</section>
    </section>
    <section>
	<title>Parameters</title>
	<section>
	    <title><varname>path</varname> (string)</title>
	    <para>
		Path to the GeoIP database file.
	    </para>
	    <para>
		<emphasis>
		    Default value is <quote>null</quote>.
		</emphasis>
	    </para>
	    <example>
		<title>Set <varname>path</varname> parameter</title>
		<programlisting format="linespecific">
...
modparam("geoip", "path", "/usr/local/share/GeoLiteCity.dat")
...
</programlisting>
	    </example>
	</section>

	</section>
	
    <section>
	<title>Functions</title>
 	<section>
	    <title>
		<function moreinfo="none">geoip_match(ipaddr, pvc)</function>
	    </title>
	    <para>
			Match ipaddr against the GeoIP database and set the pvc container. The
			function has to be called before accessing a key via: $gip(pvc=&gt;key).
	    </para>
		<example>
		<title><function>geoip_match</function> usage</title>
		<programlisting format="linespecific">
...
if(geoip_match("$si", "src"))
    xlog("SIP message from: $gip(src=&gt;cc)\n");
...
</programlisting>
	    </example>
	</section>
	
    </section>
	
	<section>
		<title>Exported pseudo-variables</title>
		<itemizedlist>
			<listitem><para>
				<emphasis>$gip(pvc=&gt;key)</emphasis> - <emphasis>pvc</emphasis> is an 
				identifier for this query result;  it is designated by the second 
				parameter of geoip_match(). The <emphasis>key</emphasis> can be one of
				the following:
				</para>
			<itemizedlist>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>cc</emphasis> - country code
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>tz</emphasis> - time zone
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>zip</emphasis> - postal code
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>lat</emphasis> - latitude
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>lon</emphasis> - longitude
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>dma</emphasis> - dma code
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>ips</emphasis> - ip start
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>ipe</emphasis> - ip end
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>city</emphasis> - city
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>area</emphasis> - area code
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>regc</emphasis> - region
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>regn</emphasis> - region name
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>metro</emphasis> - metro code
				</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>
					<emphasis>contc</emphasis> - continent code
				</para></listitem>
			</itemizedlist>
			</listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
		<para>
		Exported pseudo-variables are documented at &kamwikilink;.
		</para>
	</section>

</chapter>

