Script to periodically download and update maxmind geolite2 files

download_maxmind_geolite2_mmdb.sh

#!/bin/bash

DOWNLOAD_DIR="/tmp"
EXTRACT_DIR="/var/xxxx/yyyy"
ACCOUNT_ID=NNNNNNN
LICENSE_KEY=xxxxxx_yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy_zzz
TEMP_FILE="tmp_downloaded_geolite2.tar.gz"

if ! curl -o "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${TEMP_FILE}" -J -L -u $ACCOUNT_ID:$LICENSE_KEY 'https://download.maxmind.com/geoip/databases/GeoLite2-Country/download?suffix=tar.gz'; then
    echo "Error: File download failed."
    exit 1
fi

MMDB_PATH=$(tar -tzf "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${TEMP_FILE}" | grep --color=never GeoLite2-Country.mmdb)

if ! tar xzf "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${TEMP_FILE}" -C "$EXTRACT_DIR" "$MMDB_PATH" --strip-components 1; then
    echo "Error: Failed to extract GeoLite2-Country.mmdb. "
    exit 1
fi

echo "GeoLite2-Country.mmdb has been extracted to $EXTRACT_DIR/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb"