# Geoip-Filter - Usage with GeoLite2 Databases?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-filter-usage-with-geolite2-databases/25634>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 15, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-filter-usage-with-geolite2-databases/25634 "2015-07-15T13:59:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![german23](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/german23/32/11052_2.png) [@german23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/german23)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-filter-usage-with-geolite2-databases/25634/1 "2015-07-15T13:59:58Z")

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Hey guys,

we are using the geoip filter of LS for quite a while with the GeoLite Database, as suggested in the documentation of LS.

This works quite nicely, although now is a new "generation" of databases from Maxmind avaiable, which provides a few more information (like ISP) - the GeoLite2 databases ([http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/](http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/))

This databases aren´t provided in the old binary format, but in the new maxmind binary format, which dont work with the standard geoip filter of LS.

Maxmind is providing some api´s to accessing them, but i don´t know how to implement this in the LS config-file to make it work.

Anyone have already implemented that by any chance?

Thanks

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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, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-filter-usage-with-geolite2-databases/25634/2 "2017-07-06T05:34:36Z")

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