How to install Geo2tz on Ubuntu Server Latest

Geo2tz is a Python tool that can match IP addresses to their corresponding timezone. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Geo2tz on your Ubuntu Server (latest release) using Git and Virtualenv.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu Server (latest release)
• Git
• Python 3.6 or later
• Virtualenv

If you don't have Git, Python 3.6 or later, and Virtualenv installed on your Ubuntu Server, you can install them using the following commands:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install git python3-pip python3-venv

Step 1: Clone the Geo2tz repository

The first step is to clone the Geo2tz repository from Github using Git:

$ git clone https://github.com/noandrea/geo2tz.git

This will create a new directory called "geo2tz" in your current working directory.

Step 2: Create a Virtual Environment

To avoid conflicts with system-level Python packages, we recommend using Virtualenv to create a separate Python environment for installing the required packages.

First, create a directory to store your virtual environments:

$ mkdir ~/.virtualenvs

Then, create a new virtual environment called "geo2tz" using Python 3:

$ python3 -m venv ~/.virtualenvs/geo2tz

Activate the virtual environment:

$ source ~/.virtualenvs/geo2tz/bin/activate

Step 3: Install requirements

With the virtual environment activated, we can now install the required packages.

Navigate to the "geo2tz" directory and install the requirements using pip:

$ cd geo2tz
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: Install GeoIP databases

Geo2tz requires MaxMind's GeoLite2 City and Country databases to match IP addresses to their corresponding timezone. You can download the latest databases from MaxMind's website:

$ wget https://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-City.tar.gz
$ wget https://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded archives:

$ tar -xzf GeoLite2-City.tar.gz
$ tar -xzf GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz

Move the GeoLite2-City.mmdb and GeoLite2-Country.mmdb files to the "geo2tz" directory:

$ mv GeoLite2-City_*/GeoLite2-City.mmdb geo2tz/
$ mv GeoLite2-Country_*/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb geo2tz/

Step 5: Test Geo2tz

You can test if Geo2tz is working by running the following command:

$ python geo2tz.py --ip 8.8.8.8

This will return the timezone for the IP address 8.8.8.8.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Geo2tz on your Ubuntu Server. You can now use Geo2tz to match IP addresses to their corresponding timezone.

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