zaarly / heroku-buildpack-maxmind

Ensure your application has the latest copy of MaxMind data when deploying.

NOTE: this is a fork from https://github.com/mantisadnetwork/heroku-buildpack-maxmind. It only deals with the free downloadable databases from MaxMind.

MaxMind Build Pack

Ensure your application has the latest copy of MaxMind's GeoLite2 free downloadable databases when deploying. Ideally, you should have a way to restart your application to make sure this build back happens often enough (if you deploy daily/weekly, you have nothing to worry about).

How it Works

The database file(s) is saved to a Heroku cache directory that is persisted across builds. If the database file does not exist, or is older than a month, a new copy is downloaded and moved to your project before deployment. All database files are stored in the root of your project when deployed.

Required Environment Variables

• MAXMIND_EDITIONS = Comma delimited list of databases to download ie: "GeoLite2-City,GeoLite2-Country"
• MAXMIND_KEY = License key necessary to download MaxMind GeoLite2 databases.

How to Use

Follow the instructions at https://github.com/ddollar/heroku-buildpack-multi for using multiple build packs. Simply add this repository to this list and wallah!