I have added Maxmind license key (DISCOURSE_MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY) and rebuild (or destroy/start) my site. But still users IP address show (unknown). How can I debug or verify if my Maxmind license key works? [Screen Shot 2023-03-16 at 11.42.40 AM]

This is now a known problem - see Rebuild is failing with a wrong MaxMindDB API key

[image] Hyan: rebuild (or destroy/start) Just to be clear a destroy/start won’t work, it must be a rebuild.

There’s below error if I rebuild with Maxmind license key in my container web config. I can rebuild successfully if I comment out Maxmind license key. rake aborted! NameError: undefined local variable or method `name' for main:Object /var/www/discourse/lib/tasks/assets.rake:288:in `rescue in block …

Yes. @Ed_S It turns out the license key issue. I’m sorry wasting anyone who taking time to answer the post. For anyone who wants to verify if their Maxmind license key valid, one can follow this instruction https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/updating-databases?lang=en#directly-downloading-databases b…

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Ed_S (Ed S) Mars 17, 2023, 7:54 4

C’est maintenant un problème connu - voir
La reconstruction échoue avec une mauvaise clé API MaxMindDB

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