# MaxMindDB error in log

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxminddb-error-in-log/173675
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** maxmind
**Created:** [December 18, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxminddb-error-in-log/173675 "2020-12-18T03:08:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Andro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andro/32/173721_2.png) [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxminddb-error-in-log/173675/1 "2020-12-18T03:08:36Z")

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What is this referrfing to? How can it be addressed. Latest version of Discourse 2.7.0beta1.

`MaxMindDB (/var/www/discourse/vendor/data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb) could not be found: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - /var/www/discourse/vendor/data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb`

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### Author: ![AlfredoRamos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alfredoramos/32/226228_2.png) [@AlfredoRamos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlfredoRamos)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxminddb-error-in-log/173675/2 "2020-12-18T03:23:15Z")

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Did you try rebuilding?

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxminddb-error-in-log/173675/3 "2020-12-18T03:36:26Z")

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Did you define a maxmind api key in your yml?

You’ll need to search for the variable name.