Update geoip provider, add cronjob to update

Author: thespad

Dockerfile

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RUN \
     pygeoip && \
   echo "**** grab GeoIP database ****" && \
   curl -L --retry 10 --retry-max-time 60 --retry-all-errors \
-    "https://mailfud.org/geoip-legacy/GeoIP.dat.gz" \
+    "https://geo.el0.org/GeoIP.dat.gz" \
     | gunzip > /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat && \
   printf "Linuxserver.io version: ${VERSION}\nBuild-date: ${BUILD_DATE}" > /build_version && \
   echo "**** cleanup ****" && \

Dockerfile.aarch64

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RUN \
     pygeoip && \
   echo "**** grab GeoIP database ****" && \
   curl -L --retry 10 --retry-max-time 60 --retry-all-errors \
-    "https://mailfud.org/geoip-legacy/GeoIP.dat.gz" \
+    "https://geo.el0.org/GeoIP.dat.gz" \
     | gunzip > /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat && \
   printf "Linuxserver.io version: ${VERSION}\nBuild-date: ${BUILD_DATE}" > /build_version && \
   echo "**** cleanup ****" && \

README.md

@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with `-f Dockerfile.aarch64
 
 ## Versions
 
+* **23.08.25:** - Update GeoIP provider, add weekly cronjob to update.
 * **09.07.25:** - Rebase to Alpine 3.22.
 * **12.01.25:** - Rebase to Alpine 3.21.
 * **19.09.24:** - Prevent race condition related delay during container stop.

readme-vars.yml

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ init_diagram: |
   "deluge:libtorrentv1" <- Base Images
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - {date: "23.08.25:", desc: "Update GeoIP provider, add weekly cronjob to update."}
   - {date: "09.07.25:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.22."}
   - {date: "12.01.25:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.21."}
   - {date: "19.09.24:", desc: "Prevent race condition related delay during container stop."}

root/app/update-geoip.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+# Sleep a random amount of time up to 3 hours so we're not hitting the server all at once
+sleep $(( RANDOM % 10800 ))
+
+# downlad latest GeoIP.dat
+geoip_dat_path="/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat"
+
+if [[ -e "${geoip_dat_path}" ]]; then
+    curl -s -L --retry 2 --retry-max-time 10 --retry-all-errors \
+        "https://geo.el0.org/GeoIP.dat.gz" |
+        gunzip > /tmp/GeoIP.dat && \
+        mv /tmp/GeoIP.dat "${geoip_dat_path}" && \
+        chmod 644 "${geoip_dat_path}"
+fi

root/crontabs/root

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# min   hour    day     month   weekday command
+0       3       *       *       0       /app/geoip-update.sh 2>&1