# Logstash conf - geoIP not workin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-geoip-not-workin/158353>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 27, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-geoip-not-workin/158353 "2018-11-27T13:54:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Palino1611](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/palino1611/32/78648_2.png) [@Palino1611](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Palino1611)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-geoip-not-workin/158353/1 "2018-11-27T13:54:48Z")

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Hello guys,

please could you help me to identify error in my logstash config? I would like to see in kibana special field for geoip.

My logstash config looks like this:

input {  
beats {  
port =\> 5044  
host =\> "0.0.0.0"  
}  
}  
filter {  
grok {  
match =\> { "message" =\> "%{IP:client} \<%{IP:hostAddress}\> - - [%{HTTPDATE:timestamp}] "%{WORD:method} %{DATA:request} HTTP/%{NUMBER:httpversion}" %{NUMBER:response} %{NUMBER:bytes}" }  
geoip {  
add\_field =\> { "geoIP" =\> "%{client}" }  
}  
}  
}  
output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> localhost  
}  
}

Thank you

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**Author:** ![saif](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saif/32/37431_2.png) [@saif](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saif)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-geoip-not-workin/158353/2 "2018-11-27T14:20:37Z")

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you need to define Geoip mapping template

and modify your geoip filter to

```auto
    geoip {
      source => "client"
    }

```

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**Author:** ![Palino1611](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/palino1611/32/78648_2.png) [@Palino1611](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Palino1611)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-geoip-not-workin/158353/3 "2018-11-27T20:02:55Z")

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> [@saif](#):
>
> define Geoip mapping template

PLease how can I do this -\> define Geoip mapping template ???

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**Author:** ![Palino1611](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/palino1611/32/78648_2.png) [@Palino1611](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Palino1611)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-geoip-not-workin/158353/4 "2018-11-28T15:27:02Z")

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???? This is dead forum. How else can one get help regarding this if not here?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-geoip-not-workin/158353/5 "2018-11-28T15:52:42Z")

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If you use `source => "client"` in your Geoip filter and index into the default index name I think the existing template should take care of that for you.

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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:** [December 26, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-geoip-not-workin/158353/6 "2018-12-26T15:52:44Z")

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