Must I restart the indexer after I upgrade the MMDB file (used by iplocation)

[patng_nw]

From here I know that there are two ways to update the MMDB, which is used by iplocation.
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/tips-and-tricks/updating-the-iplocation-db.html

My MMDB file is updated monthly. My question is: do I need to restart my indexer after the file upgrade? Or is there a better way?

[woodcock · Accepted solution]

No, that should not be necessary. The only thing that would need to be restarted are real-time searches, if you are running any (hopefully not).

[richgalloway]

See "Updating the MMDB file" at https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.2/SearchReference/Iplocation