Manual Chapter : Update the geolocation database on your BIG-IQ

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

  • 8.4.0
Manual Chapter

Update the geolocation database on your BIG-IQ

Before you can update the geolocation database on your BIG-IQ, you must download the latest database update.
You can update the geolocation file that BIG-IQ maintains for the BIG-IP devices it manages. When you manage the BIG-IP geolocation databases on your managed devices, it's good to know that the BIG-IQ is using the database that you want it to use.
  1. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    .
  2. Click
    GEO-IP DATABASE MANAGEMENT
    , and then click
    Add GeoIP Database
    .
  3. For
    .zip File
    , click
    Choose File
    , browse to the location to which you downloaded the compressed geolocation database file for the version of BIG-IP you wish to update and click
    Upload
    .
  4. For
    .md5 File
    , click
    Choose File
    , browse to the location to which you downloaded the checksum file for the geolocation database that you want to use and click
    Upload
    .
  5. Click
    Save & Close
    to save the uploaded files as a database package, ready to be sent to your managed devices.
BIG-IQ updates the file it stores for the versions this file supports and displays the file update details on the GeoIP Database Management page.