# Create Custom geoip database for Logstash 5.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-custom-geoip-database-for-logstash-5-2/79473>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 21, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-custom-geoip-database-for-logstash-5-2/79473 "2017-03-21T16:50:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-custom-geoip-database-for-logstash-5-2/79473/21 "2017-03-29T13:53:17Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-custom-geoip-database-for-logstash-5-2/79473/22 "2017-04-26T13:53:28Z")

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