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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions docs/reference/ingest/processors/geoip.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -343,18 +343,20 @@ GET /my_ip_locations/_search
If you can't <<geoip-automatic-updates,automatically update>> your IP geolocation databases
from the Elastic endpoint, you have a few other options:

* <<use-proxy-geoip-endpoint,Use a proxy endpoint>>
* <<use-proxy-geoip-endpoint,Use a reverse proxy endpoint>>
* <<use-custom-geoip-endpoint,Use a custom endpoint>>
* <<manually-update-geoip-databases,Manually update your IP geolocation databases>>

[[use-proxy-geoip-endpoint]]
**Use a proxy endpoint**
**Use a reverse proxy endpoint**

If you can't connect directly to the Elastic GeoIP endpoint, consider setting up
a secure proxy. You can then specify the proxy endpoint URL in the
a secure reverse proxy. You can then specify the reverse proxy endpoint URL in the
<<ingest-geoip-downloader-endpoint,`ingest.geoip.downloader.endpoint`>> setting
of each node’s `elasticsearch.yml` file.

NOTE: True HTTP proxy support for GeoIP database downloads is not currently available in {es}.

In a strict setup the following domains may need to be added to the allowed
domains list:

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