License of GeoLite2 database

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1

Hi to all,
I'm using ES 7.5.0 and the IP resolution of the IP 94.102.52.57 is wrong (see dev tools example below).
So I tried to update my geolite database but now it seems that it's not available for free download. Am I wrong? What am I supposed to do? Is it elastic going to use that database for future versions anyway?

POST _ingest/pipeline/_simulate
{
  "pipeline": {
    "processors": [
      {
        "geoip": {
          "field": "ip"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "docs": [
    {
      "_source": {
        "ip": "94.102.52.57"
      }
    }
  ]
}
2

It looks to me you can still download it for free, but need a user to login on the maxmind website (I followed the link the geoip processor in the elastic docs) - am I missing something?

3

The problem is you cannot create an account for free from what I see..

4

https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/ does not indicate that signing up costs something, but I have not gone through the whole process, just followed the first link and checked out the form.

5

I could even register but the question is: is Elastic going to include the latest available database in their new releases of the Elastic stack? Or are the shipped Geolite files going to remain at the latest free version?

6

Any official reply to this?

7

Before the ticket is going to be closed automatically..?

8

I would expect them to stay with the latest free version as including software with license cost in a free product IMHO does not make sense.

That is not an official answer though...

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