Geo location update

F5 BIG-IP GeoIP Database Update (Based on K11176)

DB Location:

BIG-IP 12.0+ stores GeoIP DB under:

/shared/GeoIP/v2/

Main files include:

F5GeoIPRegion2v2.dat, F5GeoIPOrgv2.dat, F5GeoIPISPv2.dat

Update Frequency:

F5 updates the GeoIP database weekly (typically every Tuesday).

Update Procedure

1. Check Current Version

geoip_lookup -f /shared/GeoIP/v2/F5GeoIPRegion2v2.dat 8.8.8.8

Check the version timestamp in the output.

2. Download Files

From downloads.f5.com

Path: Product Line → BIG-IP Version → GeoLocationUpdates

Download:

ip-geolocation-v2-*.zip

ip-geolocation-v2-*.zip.md5

3. Backup Existing DB

mkdir /shared/GeoIP_backup_$(date +%Y%m%d)

cp -R /shared/GeoIP/* /shared/GeoIP_backup_$(date +%Y%m%d)/

4. Upload and Install

Upload files to /shared/tmp/ via SCP/WinSCP

Then either:

CLI:

geoip_update_data

or GUI:

System → Configuration → Device → General → Geolocation → Reload

5. Verify

geoip_lookup -f /shared/GeoIP/v2/F5GeoIPRegion2v2.dat 8.8.8.8

Confirm timestamp updated.

Note: 1-day difference between filename and DB timestamp is normal.

6. Cleanup

Remove:

/shared/tmp/*.zip

/shared/tmp/*.md5

Keep only 1–2 backup directories.

HA Environment Note

GeoIP database is NOT synced via config-sync.

You must update each unit separately.

Official documentation:

F5 K11176

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K11176

Example guide I referenced:

https://medium.com/@sean_29021/updating-geolocation-databases-on-f5-bigip-b88703b9fe54

Hope this helps.

Couple of different ways to do this:

Updating BIG-IP IP geolocation database using BIG-IQ

Downloading and installing updates to the IP geolocation database

I ended up using a combination of the two methods above as my customer wanted the ability to rollback to the previous geo-ip update.      

Hi

Unfortunately the update check is only a check.

To do the actual update you have to go to the normal download site (https://my.f5.com/manage/s/downloads) and look for "GeoLocationUpdates_Edge" or "GeoLocationUpdates_Pulse".

You then transfer the zip file to your devices, unpack them, and run the update command: geoip_update_data -f </path to RPM file and file name>

You can find all the details inside the readme file contained in the zip file.