# How does the new (7.14+) GeoIP Processor Work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** ingest-pipeline\ **Created:** [November 23, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-new-7-14-geoip-processor-work/289957 "2021-11-23T14:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BenB196](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benb196/32/83401_2.png) [@BenB196](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BenB196)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-new-7-14-geoip-processor-work/289957/1 "2021-11-23T14:09:04Z")
Hi, In 7.14+ Elasticsearch enabled the GeoIP downloader and made the DB reloadable. But I was wondering how does this actually work. Looking at the [docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geoip-processor.html), it seems like all this process does now is download the DB file, read that DB file into an index, then use an abstracted [enrich processor](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/enrich-processor.html). Is this correct, or is this process different? ---
**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:** [November 23, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-new-7-14-geoip-processor-work/289957/2 "2021-11-23T15:45:33Z")
Hi @BenB196 Generally your understanding is correct, the downloader etc was created to meet [the new license requirements for MaxMind GeoLite2 database](https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolite2/eula) which requires that the DB is kept up to date. Also it is a separate piece of code than the normal enrich processor but in the broadest sense yes it is "enriching". ---
**Author:** ![BenB196](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benb196/32/83401_2.png) [@BenB196](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BenB196)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-new-7-14-geoip-processor-work/289957/3 "2021-11-23T16:37:03Z")
Thanks @stephenb, two follow-up questions. 1. Does it have the same performance as a regular enrich processor, or is it more performant? 2. It appears that most of the GeoIP stuff is roughly hard-coded to only really work with MaxMind stuff. Are there any plans to genericize this to support other downloadable files from other endpoints, as well as support other fields? - The reason I ask this is because right now, if I want to load a file into Elasticsearch to be used as in enrich processor, I need to effectively do something like: Logstash/Filebeat -\> Elasticsearch -\> Figure out some way to call enrich update API. It'd be nice to have something more natively supported in Elasticsearch. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-new-7-14-geoip-processor-work/289957/4 "2021-11-23T16:47:42Z")
1. Yes I suspect it has as good or better than regular Enrich. 2. > [@BenB196](#): > > Are there any plans to genericize this to support other downloadable files from other endpoints, as well as support other fields? > [@BenB196](#): > > It'd be nice to have something more natively supported in Elasticsearch. Not as far as I know, but please feel free to file a feature enhancement. ---
**Author:** ![BenB196](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benb196/32/83401_2.png) [@BenB196](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BenB196)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-new-7-14-geoip-processor-work/289957/5 "2021-11-23T18:00:24Z")
Thanks for the information on this @stephenb ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-new-7-14-geoip-processor-work/289957/6 "2021-12-21T18:00:29Z")
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