# GeoIP Maxmind Database Question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-maxmind-database-question/162968>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-maxmind-database-question/162968 "2019-01-04T14:18:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Evesy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/evesy/32/29520_2.png) [@Evesy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Evesy)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-maxmind-database-question/162968/2 "2019-01-04T14:19:26Z")

</div>

I see I didn't search hard enough -- Apparently the answer is that Logstash does require a restart in these cases: [GeoIP filter - database file updated - restart required?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-filter-database-file-updated-restart-required/155200)

---

_[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-maxmind-database-question/162968)._