From 95c74d4d27fd54386778b510acda4a2442c59918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Angel-Padilla Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:16:03 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] add instructons to enable geolocation --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c76d1af2624..414ee5f1a94 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ Documentation [here](https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/). ## Meticulous Espresso instance +### Geo location + +In order to use the geolocation capabilites of sentry, You need to provide a geolocation database from MaxMind, for which You will require an valid Account in MaxMind, it is free + +The Sentry Project makes use of the GeoIPUpdate product from MaxMind to download/update its database, so the only requirement is to provide the `GeoIP.conf` to the `geoip` directory, running `install.sh` will call an update process to the database alongside. If You dont provide a `GeoIP.conf` file, the database will be empty + +For more information visit [Sentry: Geolocation](https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/geolocation/) and [MaxMind: Updating GeoIP and GeoLite Databases ](https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/updating-databases/#directly-downloading-databases) + ### Custom files #### configure-swap.sh @@ -31,10 +39,10 @@ Documentation [here](https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/). ### External requirements #### Docker - The Self-Hosted Sentry deploymentent is completely containarized + The Self-Hosted Sentry deploymentent is mostly containarized -#### Nginx - We run an Nginx instance in the VPS that handles SSL termination and redirects the request to `http://localhost:8081` where its listen and responded to by the sentry deployment +#### NGINX + The VPS should run an NGINX instance that handles SSL termination and redirects the request to `http://localhost:8081` where its listen and responded to by the sentry deployment #### Certbot - To get the SSL certificates for `sentry.meticulousespresso.com` used by Nginx + To get the SSL certificates for `sentry.meticulousespresso.com` used by NGINX