# Error geoip

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-geoip/129474>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 25, 2018, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-geoip/129474 "2018-04-25T11:46:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Charaf\_Ahmed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/charaf_ahmed/32/30467_2.png) [@Charaf\_Ahmed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Charaf_Ahmed)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-geoip/129474/1 "2018-04-25T11:46:30Z")

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No Compatible Fields: The "apache2-\*" index pattern does not contain any of the following field types: geo\_point

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-geoip/129474/2 "2018-04-25T18:26:20Z")

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Yes?

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**Author:** ![Charaf\_Ahmed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/charaf_ahmed/32/30467_2.png) [@Charaf\_Ahmed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Charaf_Ahmed)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-geoip/129474/3 "2018-04-26T09:37:26Z")

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how am I adding the "geo\_point" field in my configuration

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-geoip/129474/4 "2018-04-26T09:58:54Z")

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Without any kind of details of the data you have (except that it probably comes from Apache logs) it's impossible to give concrete help. If you indeed have HTTP access logs and want to turn IP addresses into geolocations you should look into the geoip filter.

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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:** [May 24, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-geoip/129474/5 "2018-05-24T09:58:57Z")

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