Nginx GeoIP: MMDB Country Blocking and Routing
Nginx 1.31.7 moved the open-source geoip modules from the retired GeoLite .dat format to native MaxMind DB (MMDB) support. Here is the 2026 way to geo-block and geo-route by country on stock nginx: geoip_country + GeoLite2-Country.mmdb, map and if for the block, geo-aware rate limiting, and the http and stream modules side by side.…
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