topic Re: How often does the IPlocation database update in Splunk 6.x in Splunk Search https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-often-does-the-IPlocation-database-update-in-Splunk-6-x/m-p/147701#M41271 <P>This isn't official, but I believe the database is updated with each release. Splunk uses MaxMind as the geoip datasource.</P> Thu, 01 May 2014 05:58:44 GMT dshpritz 2014-05-01T05:58:44Z How often does the IPlocation database update in Splunk 6.x https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-often-does-the-IPlocation-database-update-in-Splunk-6-x/m-p/147700#M41270 <P>I'd like to know how often the native IP geo location database is updated in Splunk. Is the native database better than the maxmind database?</P> Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:45:44 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-often-does-the-IPlocation-database-update-in-Splunk-6-x/m-p/147700#M41270 wweiland 2014-04-30T17:45:44Z Re: How often does the IPlocation database update in Splunk 6.x https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-often-does-the-IPlocation-database-update-in-Splunk-6-x/m-p/147701#M41271 <P>This isn't official, but I believe the database is updated with each release. Splunk uses MaxMind as the geoip datasource.</P> Thu, 01 May 2014 05:58:44 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-often-does-the-IPlocation-database-update-in-Splunk-6-x/m-p/147701#M41271 dshpritz 2014-05-01T05:58:44Z Re: How often does the IPlocation database update in Splunk 6.x https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-often-does-the-IPlocation-database-update-in-Splunk-6-x/m-p/147702#M41272 <P>You are right and it seems pretty official ... good thing we will have the option to choose at a later stage ... <BR /> <A href="http://answers.splunk.com/answers/123430/how-to-update-geoip-database-for-iplocation-command">http://answers.splunk.com/answers/123430/how-to-update-geoip-database-for-iplocation-command</A></P> Mon, 05 May 2014 21:41:30 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-often-does-the-IPlocation-database-update-in-Splunk-6-x/m-p/147702#M41272 lmyrefelt 2014-05-05T21:41:30Z