Index · Directives systemd 263~devel

Name

report-geoip.conf, report-geoip.conf.d — GeoIP report metrics configuration file

Synopsis

/etc/systemd/report-geoip.conf
/run/systemd/report-geoip.conf
/usr/local/lib/systemd/report-geoip.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/report-geoip.conf
/etc/systemd/report-geoip.conf.d/*.conf
/run/systemd/report-geoip.conf.d/*.conf
/usr/local/lib/systemd/report-geoip.conf.d/*.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/report-geoip.conf.d/*.conf

Description

This file configures the behavior of systemd-report-geoip@.service(8), a metrics source for systemd-report(1) reporting the approximate geographic location of the system.

Configuration Directories and Precedence

The default configuration is set during compilation, so configuration is only needed when it is necessary to deviate from those defaults. The main configuration file is loaded from one of the listed directories in order of priority, only the first file found is used: /etc/systemd/, /run/systemd/, /usr/local/lib/systemd/ [1], /usr/lib/systemd/. The vendor version of the file contains commented out entries showing the defaults as a guide to the administrator. Local overrides can also be created by creating drop-ins, as described below. The main configuration file can also be edited for this purpose (or a copy in /etc/ if it is shipped under /usr/), however using drop-ins for local configuration is recommended over modifications to the main configuration file.

In addition to the main configuration file, drop-in configuration snippets are read from /usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/, /usr/local/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/, and /etc/systemd/*.conf.d/. Those drop-ins have higher precedence and override the main configuration file. Files in the *.conf.d/ configuration subdirectories are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of in which of the subdirectories they reside. When multiple files specify the same option, for options which accept just a single value, the entry in the file sorted last takes precedence, and for options which accept a list of values, entries are collected as they occur in the sorted files.

When packages need to customize the configuration, they can install drop-ins under /usr/. Files in /etc/ are reserved for the local administrator, who may use this logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor packages. Drop-ins have to be used to override package drop-ins, since the main configuration file has lower precedence. It is recommended to prefix all filenames in those subdirectories with a two-digit number and a dash, to simplify the ordering. This also defines a concept of drop-in priorities to allow OS vendors to ship drop-ins within a specific range lower than the range used by users. This should lower the risk of package drop-ins overriding accidentally drop-ins defined by users. It is recommended to use the range 10-40 for drop-ins in /usr/ and the range 60-90 for drop-ins in /etc/ and /run/, to make sure that local and transient drop-ins take priority over drop-ins shipped by the OS vendor.

To disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink to /dev/null in the configuration directory in /etc/, with the same filename as the vendor configuration file.

Options

All options are configured in the [GeoIP] section:

Endpoint=

The HTTP or HTTPS URL of the geolocation web service to query. The service must answer a GET request with a JSON object in the format of the reallyfreegeoip.org service, describing the location of the address the request originates from. The field names used by ipinfo.io (i.e. "country", "region", "continent" in place of "country_name", "region_name", "continent_name") are understood too. Fields the service does not provide are not reported. If assigned the empty string, the default is restored. The default is chosen at compile time.

Added in version 263.

RefreshSec=

Controls how often the geolocation data is refreshed from the endpoint, at most. Takes a time span, see systemd.time(7) for details. The acquired data is cached locally, and the endpoint is only contacted again once the cached data is older than the specified time. If set to zero, the endpoint is contacted on every request. If set to "infinity", the endpoint is contacted only once, and the cached data is used from then on. Defaults to "30min".

Added in version 263.

Use

systemd-analyze cat-config systemd/report-geoip.conf

to display the full config.

See Also

systemd-report-geoip@.service(8), systemd-report(1)



[1] 💣💥🧨💥💥💣 Please note that those configuration files must be available at all times. If /usr/local/ is a separate partition, it may not be available during early boot, and must not be used for configuration.