# Disabling GeoIP processor

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-geoip-processor/347581>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 21, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-geoip-processor/347581 "2023-11-21T06:24:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![hjazz6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hjazz6/32/79007_2.png) [@hjazz6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hjazz6)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-geoip-processor/347581/1 "2023-11-21T06:24:11Z")

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Hi,

I have currently set `"ingest.geoip.downloader.enabled" : "false"` in my `elasticsearch.yml` file as I am using offline databases. I'm using ES v8.8.0, and filebeat to ingest data into ES.

I want to do some testing, which requires me to temporarily disable the IP geolocation feature (to see if turning this off would improve my indexing rate). Based on what I have found online, it seems like most people just set `"ingest.geoip.downloader.enabled" : "false"` without providing the Maxmind database files, which wouldn't work in my case.

Is there some other way to disable the IP geolocation feature, preferably via some filebeat configuration.

Thank you.

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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:** [December 19, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-geoip-processor/347581/2 "2023-12-19T06:24:28Z")

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