Fix GeoIP crontab update, update readme

Dockerfile

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RUN \
     p7zip && \
   echo "**** grab GeoIP database ****" && \
   curl -L --retry 10 --retry-max-time 60 --retry-all-errors \
-    "https://geo.el0.org/GeoIP.dat.gz" \
+    "https://geoip.linuxserver.io/GeoIP.dat.gz" \
     | gunzip > /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat && \
   printf "Linuxserver.io version: ${VERSION}\nBuild-date: ${BUILD_DATE}" > /build_version && \
   echo "**** cleanup ****" && \

Dockerfile.aarch64

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RUN \
     p7zip && \
   echo "**** grab GeoIP database ****" && \
   curl -L --retry 10 --retry-max-time 60 --retry-all-errors \
-    "https://geo.el0.org/GeoIP.dat.gz" \
+    "https://geoip.linuxserver.io/GeoIP.dat.gz" \
     | gunzip > /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat && \
   printf "Linuxserver.io version: ${VERSION}\nBuild-date: ${BUILD_DATE}" > /build_version && \
   echo "**** cleanup ****" && \

README.md

@@ -80,10 +80,18 @@ Change the inbound port to 6881 (or whichever port you've mapped for the contain
 
 This image can be run with a read-only container filesystem. For details please [read the docs](https://docs.linuxserver.io/misc/read-only/).
 
+### Caveats
+
+* Automatic GeoIP updates will not work
+
 ## Non-Root Operation
 
 This image can be run with a non-root user. For details please [read the docs](https://docs.linuxserver.io/misc/non-root/).
 
+### Caveats
+
+* Automatic GeoIP updates will not work
+
 ## Usage
 
 To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.
@@ -315,6 +323,7 @@ Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with `-f Dockerfile.aarch64
 
 ## Versions
 
+* **29.12.25:** - Fix some issues with GeoIP updates.
 * **23.08.25:** - Update GeoIP provider, add weekly cronjob to update.
 * **12.01.25:** - Rebase libtorrentv1 branch to Alpine 3.21.
 * **19.09.24:** - Prevent race condition related delay during container stop.

readme-vars.yml

@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ opt_param_usage_include_ports: true
 opt_param_ports:
   - {external_port: "58846", internal_port: "58846", port_desc: "Default deluged port for thin client connectivity"}
 readonly_supported: true
+readonly_message: |
+  * Automatic GeoIP updates will not work
 nonroot_supported: true
+nonroot_message: |
+  * Automatic GeoIP updates will not work
 # application setup block
 app_setup_block_enabled: true
 app_setup_block: |
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ init_diagram: |
   "deluge:latest" <- Base Images
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - {date: "29.12.25:", desc: "Fix some issues with GeoIP updates."}
   - {date: "23.08.25:", desc: "Update GeoIP provider, add weekly cronjob to update."}
   - {date: "12.01.25:", desc: "Rebase libtorrentv1 branch to Alpine 3.21."}
   - {date: "19.09.24:", desc: "Prevent race condition related delay during container stop."}

root/app/update-geoip.sh

@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ sleep $(( RANDOM % 10800 ))
 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 "${geoip_dat_path}"
+    # Only update if the SHAs are different
+    source_sha=$(sha1sum "${geoip_dat_path}" | awk '{print $1}')
+    dest_sha=$(curl -s -L --retry 2 --retry-max-time 10 --retry-all-errors "https://geoip.linuxserver.io/dat_sha1.txt")
+
+    if [[ "${source_sha}" != "${dest_sha}" ]]; then
+        curl -s -L --retry 2 --retry-max-time 10 --retry-all-errors \
+            "https://geoip.linuxserver.io/GeoIP.dat.gz" |
+            gunzip > /tmp/GeoIP.dat && \
+            mv /tmp/GeoIP.dat "${geoip_dat_path}" && \
+            chmod 644 "${geoip_dat_path}"
+    fi
 fi

root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-deluge-config/run

@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ if [[ ! -d /config/torrents ]]; then
     mkdir -p /config/torrents
 fi
 
+if [[ -z ${LSIO_READ_ONLY_FS} ]] && [[ -z ${LSIO_NON_ROOT_USER} ]]; then
+    # Pick a random day and hour to update the GeoIP DB
+    X=$(shuf -i 0-23 -n 1)
+    Y=$(shuf -i 0-6 -n 1)
+    (crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "0 ${X} * * ${Y} /app/geoip-update.sh 2>&1") | crontab -
+fi
+
 if [[ -z ${LSIO_NON_ROOT_USER} ]]; then
     # permissions
     lsiown -R abc:abc \