Install MaxMind's GeoIP modules for Apache (on Ubuntu)

geoip-apache-module

I. Prerequisites 

	$ apt-get install apache2-prefork-dev
	$ apt-get install apache2-threaded-dev
	$ apt-get install libgeoip-dev

1. Download and install mod_geoip2
	
	http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/mod_geoip2/mod_geoip2-latest.tar.gz

	$ tar xvfz mod_geoip2-latest.tar.gz
	$ cd mod_geoip_#.#.#
	$ apxs2 -i -a -L/usr/local/lib -I/usr/local/include -lGeoIP -c mod_geoip.c

2. Download and extract the .dat file from maxmind

	$ tar xvfz GeoIP2-Country_20131029.tar.gz
	$ cd GeoIP2-Country_20131029.tar.gz
	$ mv GeoIP....dat /var/geoip.dat

3. Load the module in Apache
	
	$ nano /etc/apache2/conf.d 
	 
	 (OR /etc/apach2/apache2.conf)	

	Copy/Paste: 

	<IfModule mod_geoip.c>
  		GeoIPEnable On
  		GeoIPDBFile /var/geoip.dat
	</IfModule>

4. Restart Apache

	$service apache2 reload


5. Test for the geoip variables in the $_SERVER data

	<?php var_dump($_SERVER); ?>

	GEOIP_ADDR
	GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE
	GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME