I’m encountering an issue in my Discourse instance where the following error appears in the logs: MaxMindDB (/var/www/discourse/vendor/data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb) could not be found: No such file or directory 2 rb_sysopen - /var/www/discourse/vendor/data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb [The image displays a line of code output with an error message indicating that a file named 'GeoLite2-City.mmdb' could not be found at the specified path in the '/var/www/discourse/vendor' directory. (Captioned by AI)] It seems like Discourse is unable to locate the GeoLite2-City database. Has anyone else encountered this issue? What’s the best way to resolve it? Any guidance would be appreciated!

And use two spaces before those lines in app.yml. Missing those doesn’t break YML, but makes exacly that.

Hi @Arkshine and @Jagster, Thanks for your guidance so far! I don’t currently have a MaxMind license key. Can you confirm whether MaxMind offers their license key for free, or is it a paid service? Thanks again for your help! :blush:

Yes, you still can get the GeoLite2 free database. The guide is correct. :+1:

Hi @Arkshine and @Jagster, Thank you so much for your guidance and suggestions in fixing the MaxMind error issue! :folded_hands: With your help, I successfully signed up for a MaxMind account, set up the GeoLite2 database for my forums, and resolved the issue. Everything is working perfectly now! :tada: I really appreciate your time and expertise in helping me out. Thank you again! :blush:

MaxMindDB GeoLite2-City.mmdb Not Found Error in Logs

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