The module detects visitor IP addresses which are used as VPN anonymizer, open proxies, web proxies and Tor exits.
A IP2Proxy database is required for the lookup. It can be downloaded from https://lite.ip2location.com (Free) or https://www.ip2location.com (Commercial).
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Install required packages for development.
apt-get install -y wget git build-essential zlib1g-dev libpcre3 libpcre3-dev libtool autoconf automake -
Create a working directory.
mkdir ~/ip2proxy-dev cd ~/ip2proxy-dev -
Download IP2Proxy C library source code.
git clone https://github.com/ip2location/ip2proxy-c.git -
Compile and install the IP2Proxy C library.
cd ip2proxy-c autoreconf -i -v --force ./configure make make install -
Refresh local library.
ldconfig -
Download IP2Proxy Nginx.
cd ~/ip2proxy-dev git clone https://github.com/ip2location/ip2proxy-nginx -
Download the latest Nginx source.
wget https://nginx.org/download/nginx-VERSION.tar.gzNotes: Please check the
VERSIONnumber from https://nginx.org/en/download.html -
Compile and install Nginx with IP2Proxy module.
tar -xvzf nginx-VERSION.tar.gz cd nginx-VERSION ./configure --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --pid-path=/run/nginx.pid --add-module=~/ip2proxy-dev/ip2proxy-nginx make make install
Syntax : ip2proxy
Value : on | off
Default : off
Context : http, server, location
Description : Enable of disable IP2Proxy module.
Syntax : ip2proxy_database
Value : [Absolute path to IP2Proxy database]
Default : none
Context : http, server, location
Description : The absolute path to IP2Proxy BIN database file.
Syntax : ip2proxy_access_type
Value : file_io | shared_memory | cache_memory
Default : file_io
Context : http, server, location
Description : Define the lookup mode for best performance practice.
Syntax : ip2proxy_reverse_proxy
Value : on | off
Default : off
Context : http, server, location
Description : Detect X-Forwareded-For header for actual visitor IP if Nginx is behind a reverse proxy.
http {
...
ip2proxy on;
ip2proxy_database /ip2proxy/databases/PX10.BIN;
ip2proxy_access_type shared_memory;
ip2proxy_reverse_proxy on;
# Add custom headers so the values are accessible from PHP
add_header IP2Proxy-Country-Code $ip2proxy_country_short;
add_header IP2Proxy-Country-Name $ip2proxy_country_long;
add_header IP2Proxy-Region $ip2proxy_region;
add_header IP2Proxy-City $ip2proxy_city;
add_header IP2Proxy-ISP $ip2proxy_isp;
add_header IP2Proxy-Is-Proxy $ip2proxy_is_proxy;
add_header IP2Proxy-Proxy-Type $ip2proxy_proxy_type;
add_header IP2Proxy-Domain $ip2proxy_domain;
add_header IP2Proxy-Usage-Type $ip2proxy_usage_type;
add_header IP2Proxy-ASN $ip2proxy_proxy_asn;
add_header IP2Proxy-AS $ip2proxy_proxy_as;
add_header IP2Proxy-Last-Seen $ip2proxy_last_seen;
add_header IP2Proxy-Threat $ip2proxy_threat;
...
}