IP2Location IP Geolocation Nginx Module

1. Download IP2location C library from here.
2. Download and decompress this Nginx module package.
3. Change the path to IP2Location library in "ngx_http_ip2location_module.c".
4. Re-compile Nginx from source to include this module. Add the below directive into the compile of Nginx:

   ./configure --add-module=/absolute/path/to/nginx-ip2location-x.x.x
   make
   make install

5. Edit your Nginx config file (nginx.conf), add the following lines under `http` context:

   http {
   ip2location on;
   ip2location_database /absolute/path/to/DB1.BIN;
   ip2location_reverse_proxy on;
   }

Block visitors from China:

if ( $ip2location_country_short = "CN" ) {
	return 403;
}

Redirect visitors from Canada, United States, and Mexico to new page:

if ( $ip2location_country_short ~* "CA|US|MX" ) {
	rewrite ^ http://example.com/newpage.html permanent;
}

• ngx-ip2location

  This is a IP2Location Nginx Module that enables the user to identify the country, region, city, latitude, longitude, ZIP code, time zone, ISP, domain name, connection type, area code and weather by IP address.

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