WARNING in utils: Could not determine flag for ip

[pswapneel]

Started seeing this on an instance with version 1.9 so as a test I setup 1.9.1 freshly and the problem persists.

Steps to reproduce the issue,

docker-compose logs chnserver

Output(IP addresses have been truncated),

docker-compose logs chnserver Attaching to chnserver_chnserver_1 chnserver_1 | [2021-07-01 05:31:45,447] WARNING in utils: Could not determine flag for ip: chnserver_1 | [2021-07-01 05:32:05,472] WARNING in utils: Could not determine country name for ip: chnserver_1 | [2021-07-01 05:32:25,495] WARNING in utils: Could not determine flag for ip: chnserver_1 | [2021-07-01 05:32:45,519] WARNING in utils: Could not determine country name for ip: chnserver_1 | [2021-07-01 05:33:05,540] WARNING in utils: Could not determine flag for ip:

I am assuming the chnserver_chnserver_1 container is missing the geoip package ? Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.

[pswapneel]

It looks like utils.py contains the code for the geolocation.

def _get_flag_ip(ipaddr):
    """
    Returns an address where the flag is located.
    Defaults to static immge: '/static/img/unknown.png'
    """
    flag_path = url_for(
        'static', filename='img/flags-iso/shiny/64') + '/{}.png'
    geo_api = 'https://api.ipgeolocationapi.com/geolocate/{}'
    try:
        # Using threatstream's geospray API to get
        # the country code for this IP address.
        r = requests.get(geo_api.format(ipaddr))
        ccode = r.json()['un_locode']
        app.logger.debug('Found CC code: {}'.format(ccode))
    except Exception:
        app.logger.warning(
            "Could not determine flag for ip: {}".format(ipaddr))
        return url_for('static', filename=constants.DEFAULT_FLAG_URL)
    else:
        # Constructs the flag source using country code
        flag = flag_path.format(ccode.upper())
        local_flag_path = '/static/img/flags-iso/shiny/64/{}.png'.format(
            ccode.upper())

        if os.path.exists(MHN_SERVER_HOME + "/mhn"+local_flag_path):
            return flag
        else:
            return url_for('static', filename=constants.DEFAULT_FLAG_URL)

Probing further, api.ipgeolocationapi.com no longer resolves. ipgeolocationapi.com now redirects to ipapi.com

[amerck]

Currently working on tracking down a viable replacement without having to manage API keys. This fix should roll out in the next release. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!

[pswapneel]

@amerck I have been fiddling with the code to see if the geoip code can be temporarily disabled so that the UI can function without it. No luck yet.

Did you get a chance to figure out an alternative? Thanks!