IPDeny Country Zones

Plugin: netflow-plugin Module: ipdeny

Overview

Enrich network flows with country codes from IPDeny country zone files. IPDeny publishes country-specific CIDR lists and an all-zones.tar.gz archive. The Netdata downloader reads the IPv4 country-zone archive and maps each <country>.zone member to that ISO country code.

IPDeny Country Zones are country-only and the current built-in source is IPv4 only. They do not provide ASN, AS organization, state, city, latitude, or longitude. Pair IPDeny with another ASN source when you also need AS fields, and use DB-IP, MaxMind, IP2Location, or a custom MMDB when IPv6 country coverage is required.

For the IP-intelligence mechanism (lookup order, MMDB composition, refresh, provider chains), see IP Intelligence.

The netflow plugin reads MMDB files only. Use Netdata's topology-ip-intel-downloader to fetch IPDeny's HTTPS country-zone archive, convert the CIDR lists to topology-ip-geo.mmdb, and write the file into the standard auto-detected cache directory. The plugin reloads the generated MMDB automatically when the file changes.

This integration is only supported on the following platforms:

• Linux

This integration runs as a single instance per Netdata Agent.

Default Behavior

Auto-Detection

Not used by the default install. After the downloader writes topology-ip-geo.mmdb into the standard cache path, the plugin auto-detects the generated file.

Limits

Country-only IPv4 source. No ASN, AS name, IPv6 coverage, state, city, latitude, or longitude are available from this built-in source.

Performance Impact

Lookups are local MMDB reads after conversion. Memory use is mostly the mapped database file and the kernel page cache needed to keep active pages hot.

Setup

Prerequisites

Downloader with IPDeny support

Run the bundled downloader when available. Packaged 32-bit installs do not include this binary:

sudo /usr/sbin/topology-ip-intel-downloader \
  --asn iptoasn:combined \
  --geo ipdeny:country-zones

ipdeny:country-zones is valid only for --geo. The example pairs it with IPtoASN so the resulting cache contains both AS and country fields.

IPDeny usage policy

IPDeny publishes usage limits and copyright policy on its site. Review those terms before mirroring, redistributing, or downloading more often than needed.

Configuration

Options

Once the downloader has produced an IPDeny-derived geo MMDB in the cache directory, the plugin auto-detects it. To pin paths explicitly, set enrichment.geoip.geo_database and keep asn_database pointed at your chosen ASN provider.

Config options

Option	Description	Default	Required
enrichment.geoip.asn_database	Optional ASN MMDB paths supplied by another provider.	[]	no
enrichment.geoip.geo_database	Path to the IPDeny-derived geo MMDB. Empty = auto-detect from the cache directory.	[]	no
enrichment.geoip.optional	When true, missing or unreadable MMDBs are warnings, not fatal at startup.	false (true when auto-detected)	no

via File

The configuration file name for this integration is netflow.yaml.

You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config script from the Netdata config directory.

cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config netflow.yaml

Examples

After running the downloader with IPtoASN ASN and IPDeny country

Auto-detection picks up both generated cache files.

enrichment:
  geoip:
    asn_database: []
    geo_database: []
    optional: true

Explicit IPDeny country path

Pin IPDeny for country and keep a separate ASN source.

Config

enrichment:
  geoip:
    asn_database:
      - /var/cache/netdata/topology-ip-intel/topology-ip-asn.mmdb
    geo_database:
      - /var/cache/netdata/topology-ip-intel/topology-ip-geo.mmdb
    optional: false

IPv6 country fields are empty

The current built-in IPDeny downloader source uses the IPv4 all-zones.tar.gz archive. Use DB-IP, MaxMind, IP2Location, or a custom MMDB if IPv6 country enrichment is required.

ASN fields are empty

IPDeny zone files carry country CIDRs only. Configure a separate ASN provider in the downloader.

Download blocked or rate-limited

Check IPDeny's usage limits and retry later. The plugin continues using the last generated MMDB file until the downloader publishes a replacement.