{"id":1423,"date":"2014-04-25T22:28:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T20:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2014-04-25T22:28:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T20:28:02","slug":"install-mod-geoip-whmcpanel-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/install-mod-geoip-whmcpanel-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Install mod_geoip On a WHM\/cPanel Server"},"content":{"rendered":"

mod_geoip<\/b> is an API module released by MaxMind<\/a> for Apache to quickly and easily obtain your website visitors\u2019 geographical information. It offers high performance IP lookup especially when used together with PHP.<\/p>\n

While instructions to install mod_geoip<\/b> on Linux with Apache are easily available on the Internet, not much is written on how to install the module on WHM\/cPanel servers. This tutorial will walk you through installing mod_geoip<\/b> on your WHM\/cPanel step-by-step.<\/p>\n

To be able to install mod_geoip<\/b> on your WHM\/cPanel server, you must have root access and is able to SSH to your Virtual Private Server (VPS) \/ Hyrbrid Server \/ Dedicated Server. Note that for Shared or Reseller hosting users, you may have to contact us to get the module installed for you (warning: we will need to schedule this).<\/p>\n

Step 1: Log in to your VPS via SSH and create directory<\/b>
\nOpen up your SSH client (PuTTY) and log in to your VPS as root user. Then enter the following commands:<\/p>\n

mkdir \/usr\/share\/GeoIP
\ncd \/usr\/share\/GeoIP
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Step 2: Download and install GeoIP database<\/b>
\nTo download and install the GeoIP database provided by MaxMind, enter the following commands:<\/p>\n

wget http:\/\/geolite.maxmind.com\/download\/geoip\/database\/GeoLiteCountry\/GeoIP.dat.gz
\ngzip -d GeoIP.dat.gz <\/code><\/p>\n

Step 3: Download and install custom mod_geoip module for cPanel<\/b>
\nNext we will install the custom mod_geoip cPanel module created by Sohail Riaz. Simply enter the following commands:<\/p>\n

wget http:\/\/docs.cpanel.net\/twiki\/pub\/EasyApache\/EasyApacheCustomModules\/custom_opt_mod-mod_geoip.tar.gz
\ntar -C \/var\/cpanel\/easy\/apache\/custom_opt_mods -xzf custom_opt_mod-mod_geoip.tar.gz<\/code><\/p>\n

Step 4: Rebuild Apache via EasyApache<\/b>
\nNow that we have installed the GeoIP database and all the modules required to run mod_geoip with Apache and cPanel, we will need to rebuild Apache in WHM.<\/p>\n

WHM -> Software -> EasyApache (Apache Update) -> Start customizing based on profile -> Check 'Mod GeoIP' option (on Short \/ Exhaustive Options List page) -> Save and Build<\/code><\/p>\n

Step 5: Load and enable mod_geoip<\/b>
\nAfter Apache has been rebuilt with mod_geoip, we will need to load and enable the module every time Apache runs. First, in WHM, go to:<\/p>\n

WHM -> Service Configuration -> Apache Configuration -> Include Editor -> Pre Main Include -> Select the current Apache version <\/code><\/p>\n

Second, enter the following codes into the textbox:<\/p>\n

LoadModule geoip_module \/usr\/local\/apache\/modules\/mod_geoip.so
\nGeoIPEnable On
\nGeoIPDBFile \/usr\/share\/GeoIP\/GeoIP.dat MemoryCache <\/code><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s it! mod_geoip<\/b> is now installed on your WHM\/cPanel server in just 5 simple steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

mod_geoip is an API module released by MaxMind for Apache to quickly and easily obtain your website visitors\u2019 geographical information. It offers high performance IP lookup especially when used together with PHP. While instructions to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-website-and-web-hosting","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}