Showing posts with label Errors and Solutions #34. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Errors and Solutions #34. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

OpenX Geotargeting not working

Context 

Version: 2.8.8


Error

After installing OpenX self hosted ad server, Ads which are geo-targeted are not showing up


Solution

After wasting my time on searching the web and debuging the code i found that the issue is just that the MaxMind data file is outdated !! (2009)

Just download the latest binary DAT file (GeoIP.dat) from the MaxMind link below

http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecountry

And rename it to "FreeGeoIPCountry.dat" and then replace the old DAT file in the following path on the server

/www/openx/plugins/geoTargeting/oxMaxMindGeoIP/data

That's it

Keywords: Issue  Problem oxMaxMind plugin