Maxmind Webservice

The Maxmind Webservice GeoIP provider allows you to use Maxmind’s GeoIP web services to perform geolocation lookups. This provider is useful when you want to leverage Maxmind’s online databases without the need to maintain local database files. Maxmind claims that their web services have low latency and high uptime, making them suitable for real-time geolocation needs.

To use this provider, set spi-geoaware-geoip--provider to maxmind-webservice and configure the following options:

Name	Description
spi-geoaware-geoip–maxmind-webservice–host	The host to use. Use geoip.maxmind.com for the GeoIP2 database, geolite.info for the GeoLite2 web services, or sandbox.maxmind.com for the Sandbox environment. The sandbox allows you to experiment with the API without affecting your production data.
spi-geoaware-geoip–maxmind-webservice–account-id	Your Maxmind account ID.
spi-geoaware-geoip–maxmind-webservice–license-key	Your license key obtained from the Maxmind website.

Please note that Maxmind web services have usage limits based on your account type. Make sure to review their pricing and plans to choose the one that best fits your needs.

Review Maxmind’s licensing terms to ensure compliance when using their GeoIP databases.