# Geoip log file **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 29, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-log-file/341901 "2023-08-29T15:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@AndyB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndyB)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-log-file/341901/1 "2023-08-29T15:14:59Z")
I would like to see if the geoip database is being downloaded. Getting information from Bard, it tells me that I need to create a file on my server here: /var/log/geoip/geoip.log I have done this but the geoip.log file is empty. First question, is this correct? Second question how can I trigger Elasticsearch to download the geoip database so that I can see if the log file gets updated. ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-log-file/341901/2 "2023-08-29T17:22:30Z")
Hello, can you provide a little more context of you want to do? > [@AndyB](#): > > Getting information from Bard, it tells me that I need to create a file on my server here Not sure what this mean, but this seems to be completely made up by the A.I. tool. > [@AndyB](#): > > I would like to see if the geoip database is being downloaded. You could check Elasticsearch logs or use the `_ingest` API as explained in the [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geoip-stats-api.html). Running the following request in Dev Tools may help. ```auto GET _ingest/geoip/stats ``` ---
**Author:** ![AndyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@AndyB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndyB)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-log-file/341901/3 "2023-08-30T05:07:24Z")
Thank you for the information, leandrojmp. I ran the following command in SSH and it looks like there have been 0 downloads. ![pic001](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/6/463c01b1e3b10a58782dffdf439e5c749dabf1bd.jpeg) I'm running Elasticsearch 8.8.2. Is it normal that the geoip is being downloaded as default? ---
**Author:** ![AndyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@AndyB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndyB)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-log-file/341901/4 "2023-08-31T00:56:30Z")
I wonder if the reason I'm not seeing any successful downloads is due to me not allowing outside access to post 9200. Are the geoip database updates done through post 9200? ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-log-file/341901/5 "2023-08-31T01:21:58Z")
> [@AndyB](#): > > Are the geoip database updates done through post 9200? No, the geoip databases are downloaded from `geoip.elastic.co` using port `443`. Do you have any ingest pipeline using the `geoip` processor? It will only download the database if you have at least one ingest pipeline using the `geoip` processor. The [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geoip-processor.html#geoip-processor) has more information on what will be downloaded and from where. ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-log-file/341901/6 "2023-08-31T02:06:21Z")
Also starting lately the geo DBs are "lazy Loaded" > Blockquote So you need to actually run the geoip processor once to trigger the download/ install... That is a new "Feature" that kept me up late one night! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AndyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@AndyB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndyB)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-log-file/341901/7 "2023-08-31T02:08:33Z")
> [@leandrojmp](#): > > Do you have any ingest pipeline using the `geoip` processor? I do not. So that explains why I'm not seeing any successful downloads of the geoip database. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![AndyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@AndyB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndyB)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-log-file/341901/8 "2023-08-31T02:09:23Z")
Thank you, stephanb, that is also very useful information. ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-log-file/341901/9 "2023-08-31T02:10:50Z")
Just run the sample ```auto PUT _ingest/pipeline/geoip { "description" : "Add geoip info", "processors" : [ { "geoip" : { "field" : "ip" } } ] } PUT my-index-000001/_doc/my_id?pipeline=geoip { "ip": "89.160.20.128" } GET my-index-000001/_doc/my_id ``` The check the stats again ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-log-file/341901/10 "2023-09-28T02:11:39Z")
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