Bug ID 433418: ASM fails to read GeoIP database after upgrade

Last Modified: Nov 22, 2021

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1

Fixed In:
11.5.0, 11.4.1 HF2, 11.3.0 HF9, 11.2.1 HF10

Opened: Oct 10, 2013

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K34641405

Symptoms

No GEO detection occurs.

Impact

After updating the GeoIP database (see SOL11176) and restarting the ASM bd daemon, the bd daemon no longer fails to read the system's GeoIP files (/shared/GeoIP/).

Conditions

This issue occurs when you upgrade GeoIP database.

Workaround

setenforce 0

Fix Information

After updating the GeoIP database (see SOL11176) and restarting the ASM bd daemon, the bd daemon no longer fails to read the system's GeoIP files (/shared/GeoIP/).

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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