README.md

GeoIP Plugin

Use IP Geolocation to determine the physical location of the origin of alerts.

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Installation

Clone the GitHub repo and run:

$ python setup.py install

Or, to install remotely from GitHub run:

$ pip install git+https://github.com/alerta/alerta-contrib.git#subdirectory=plugins/geoip

Note: If Alerta is installed in a python virtual environment then plugins need to be installed into the same environment for Alerta to dynamically discover them.

Configuration

Add geoip to the list of enabled PLUGINS in alertad.conf server configuration file and set plugin-specific variables either in the server configuration file or as environment variables.

PLUGINS = ['geoip']

freegeoip.net Example

PLUGINS = ['reject','geoip']
GEOIP_URL = 'http://freegeoip.net/json'  # default

{
    "alert": {
        "attributes": {
            "geoip": {
                "city": "London",
                "country_code": "GB",
                "country_name": "United Kingdom",
                "ip": "86.128.7.160",
                "latitude": 51.5092,
                "longitude": -0.0955,
                "metro_code": 0,
                "region_code": "ENG",
                "region_name": "England",
                "time_zone": "Europe/London",
                "zip_code": "EC4N"
            },
            "ip": "86.128.7.160, 10.1.1.1"
        }
        ...
      }
    }

ip-api.com Example

PLUGINS = ['reject','geoip']
GEOIP_URL = 'http://ip-api.com/json'

{
    "alert": {
        "attributes": {
            "geoip": {
                "as": "AS2856 BTnet UK Regional network",
                "city": "East Dulwich",
                "country": "United Kingdom",
                "countryCode": "GB",
                "isp": "BT",
                "lat": 51.4521,
                "lon": -0.0615,
                "org": "BT",
                "query": "86.128.7.160",
                "region": "ENG",
                "regionName": "England",
                "status": "success",
                "timezone": "Europe/London",
                "zip": "SE22"
            },
            "ip": "86.128.7.160, 10.1.1.1"
        },
        ...
      }
    }

Troubleshooting

Restart Alerta API and confirm that the plugin has been loaded and enabled.

Set DEBUG=True in the alertad.conf configuration file and look for log entries similar to below:

2016-11-20 21:54:48,627 - alerta.plugins.geoip[5416]: DEBUG - GeoIP lookup for IP: 86.128.7.160 [in build/bdist.macosx-10.12-x86_64/egg/alerta_geoip.py:19]

References

• IP Geolocation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation
• freegeoip.net: http://freegeoip.net/
• ip-api.com: http://ip-api.com/docs/

License

Copyright (c) 2016 Nick Satterly. Available under the MIT License.