# Creating geoip database

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-geoip-database/58255>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 17, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-geoip-database/58255 "2016-08-17T13:07:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![James\_Kazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@James\_Kazie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Kazie)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-geoip-database/58255/1 "2016-08-17T13:07:36Z")

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I have a database with IP addresses, names of places and post codes. Is it possible to create my own database to use for the geoip plugin? and if so what format or file types are necessary for it to work.

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**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-geoip-database/58255/2 "2016-08-17T15:50:07Z")

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This sounds like a Logstash or Elasticsearch question, depending on which you're using to do the lookup.

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**Author:** ![James\_Kazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@James\_Kazie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Kazie)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-geoip-database/58255/3 "2016-08-18T10:24:20Z")

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Thanks I shall rectify that.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-geoip-database/58255/4 "2017-07-06T04:42:50Z")

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