IP Ask

whatsmyip type of web application written in Python with Flask framework

ipask.me

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TL;DR

• Run as a stand-alone container

  docker run -d -p 8080:8080 prestigen/ipask

• Run with nginx reverse proxy

  git clone https://github.com/pnedkov/ipask.git
  cd ipask/
  CN=yordomain.com ./resources/generate_cert.sh
  docker compose -f compose.yaml up -d

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Usage

• If ipask is running as a stand-alone application on the default port 8080:

  $ curl <host>:8080
  $ wget -qO - <host>:8080

  Or navigate to http://<host>:8080 from your browser.

• If ipask is running with nginx reverse proxy:

  $ curl -kL <host>
  $ wget --no-check-certificate -qO - <host>

  Or navigate to <host> from your browser. It will automatically redirect to https.

• Available URL paths:

  Path	Alias	Description
  /ip		IP address
  /host	/h	Hostname or FQDN (if REVERSE_DNS_LOOKUP is enabled)
  /xff		X-Forwarded-For header
  /city	/ci	City (if GEOIP is enabled)
  /region	/reg	Region (if GEOIP is enabled)
  /country	/co	Country (if GEOIP is enabled)
  /location	/loc	GPS Coordinates (if GEOIP is enabled)
  /ua		User-Agent request header
  /headers	/he	All headers
  /version	/ver	Application version (commit hash)

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Run from the source code

Prerequisites

• Install Git and Python:

  sudo pacman -S git python
  

• Clone the git repository:

  git clone https://github.com/pnedkov/ipask.git
  cd ipask/

• Create and activate the Python virtual environment:

  python -m venv .venv
  source .venv/bin/activate

• Install the required Python packages:

  pip install -r requirements.txt

• (Optional) Download the GeoIP database:

  The GeoIP feature is toggled with the GEOIP environment variable which is disabled by default. Enabling GEOIP would not do any good if the client's IP address is from a private network. The GeoLite2-City.mmdb file is being included in the container - check the Dockerfile.

  Credit: https://github.com/P3TERX/GeoLite.mmdb

  • wget:

    wget git.io/GeoLite2-City.mmdb -P resources/
    

  • curl:

    curl -L git.io/GeoLite2-City.mmdb -o resources/GeoLite2-City.mmdb
    

• Environment variables:

  Environment variable	Default value
  GEOIP	false
  REVERSE_DNS_LOOKUP	false

Run

• Run using run.py:

  python run.py

  Example:

  REVERSE_DNS_LOOKUP=true python run.py

• Run using run.sh (recommended):

  This will run the application with the Python WSGI HTTP Server - gunicorn:

  ./run.sh

  Gunicorn-specific environment variables:

  Environment variable	Default value
  GUNICORN_SERVER	ipask
  GUNICORN_WORKERS	CPU Cores * 2 + 1
  GUNICORN_THREADS	1

  Example:

  REVERSE_DNS_LOOKUP=true GUNICORN_WORKERS=3 ./run.sh

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Build and run in a container

Prerequisites:

sudo pacman -S git docker docker-compose docker-buildx
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
sudo systemctl enable --now docker.service
git clone https://github.com/pnedkov/ipask.git
cd ipask/

Build and run as a stand-alone container

• Build:

  docker build -t ipask .

• Run:

  docker run -d -p 8080:8080 ipask

Build and run with Docker Compose behind nginx reverse proxy

• Generate a self-signed test key-pair utilized by nginx

  CN=yourdomain.com ./resources/generate_cert.sh

• Build and run

  docker compose up -d

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Run on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service

k8s/README.md