Geo Blocking: Error/Typo in the documentation

[TomErnst1972]

there is an error in the documentation, at least when it comes to the Docker related deployment
https://docs.digpangolin.com/self-host/advanced/enable-geoblocking

it says, the maxmind file has to be in ./config in the config.yml, but for docker it has to be in /app/config/

e.g.:

server:
    maxmind_db_path: "/app/config/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb"

[txwgnd]

Hi Tom,
I tried to reproduce your behavior, but it works absolutely fine for me when I set it up the way described in the docs.
I think you might confused the folder config on the host system at /home/{USER}/pangolin/config with the config folder inside of the container at /app/config/. This should work out of the box because pangolin maps these folders by default with

...
volumes:
- ./config:/app/config
...

Cheers
Tom

[TomErnst1972]

Hi Tom,

sorry, but no. :-) Let me explain a little bit clearer. I'm refering to chapter 2 on this link here: (manual configuration)
https://docs.pangolin.net/self-host/advanced/enable-geoblocking

if you deploy pangolin via Docker, then there is no "./config/", it's a relative path, even there is no /root/config/ there is only /app/config and thats exactly where the "GeoLite2-Country.mmdb" has to be placed and mentioned in the config.yaml.

let me prove:

1. no folder "config" in /home/node:

[root@ui ~]$ docker exec -it pangolin ls -alh /home/node
total 8K     
drwxr-sr-x    2 node     node        4.0K Oct  8 23:10 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        4.0K Oct  8 23:10 ..

2. no folder "config" in /root:

[root@ui ~]$ docker exec -it pangolin ls -alh /root
total 20K    
drwx------    1 root     root        4.0K Oct 17 18:59 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        4.0K Oct 18 19:49 ..
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        4.0K Oct 17 19:00 .npm

3. But, there is a folder "config" under /app

[root@ui ~]$ docker exec -it pangolin ls -alh /app
total 936K   
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        4.0K Oct 18 19:49 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        4.0K Oct 18 19:49 ..
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        4.0K Oct 18 19:50 .next
drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root        4.0K Oct 17 08:34 config
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        4.0K Oct 17 19:03 dist

and there is indeed, the required(and mapped from the host) config.yaml

[root@ui ~]$ docker exec -it pangolin ls -alh /app/config
total 10M    
drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root        4.0K Oct 17 08:34 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        4.0K Oct 18 19:49 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        9.5M Oct 14 08:33 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        1.1K Oct 17 08:34 config.yml
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root        4.0K Oct 19 22:04 db
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          44 Aug 26 11:49 key
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        4.0K Aug 26 11:50 letsencrypt
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        4.0K Oct 19 00:40 logs
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root        4.0K Aug 26 11:49 traefik

and the content of the config.yml should point to that same folder containing "GeoLite2-Country.mmdb" in the server section:

server:
    maxmind_db_path: "/app/config/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb"
    secret: "4BW4Rredactedu4"
    cors:
        origins: ["https://redacted"]
        methods: ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "PATCH"]
        allowed_headers: ["X-CSRF-Token", "Content-Type"]
        credentials: false

Summary:

in the mentioned documentation link the path should be adapted,
from:

server:
  maxmind_db_path: "./config/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb"

to:

server:
  maxmind_db_path: "/app/config/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb"

Makes sense? :-)

best regards,
Tom

[TomErnst1972]

p.s. Geoblocking doesn't work and does not even show up in Pangolin WebUI if i do as you recommended.

[txwgnd]

Hi Tom,

I had a look at it again. It confused me because I have the same setup as you and my geoblocking is working just fine.
If I'm not mistaken the path should be correct because it's a bind-mount and the working directory is set to /app.
A brief look into the Dockerfile confirms this:

Dockerfile:

1: FROM node:22-alpine AS builder
2:
3: WORKDIR /app
4:
5:ARG BUILD=oss
...

Cheers
Tom

[TomErnst1972]

okay, I give up. maybe I overlooked something or did something else wrong. Time will show, because, if I am the only "Geisterfahrer" one, then the error is on my side... :-)

[Lokowitz]

I activated geoblocking today according to the documentation and it is working fine.
So i don't see the need for any changes.
@TomErnst1972 if you still have problems with activation, maybe you want to provide some more informations about your configuration, maybe we can find the problem. :)

Wich version of Pangolin are you using?
Did you restart Pangoin after adding the mmdb file to config folder and editing the config/config.yml file?

Cheers Marvin