Configure geo-location lookup

Geo-location lookup enables you to identify contacts and track their activity on your website based on their IP address.

In certain cases, you might not want to track Geo IP data, or due to restrictions in certain legal jurisdictions, you might not be allowed or want to store IP addresses. In these situations, you can configure tracking.

To configure tracking:

1. If you do not want to track Geo IP data, in the Website\App_Config\Sitecore\Marketing.Tracking\Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.config file, set the Analytics.PerformLookup setting to False.

   Note

   The default value of the Analytics.PerformLookup setting is True and you must not change it in a single-instance environment.

2. If you do not want to store IP addresses in the xDB, in the \App_Config\Sitecore\Marketing.Tracking\Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.config file, update the RedactIpAddress setting.

   This change will hash the IP addresses before they are stored in the xDB.

   Important

   To ensure that hashing is secure, in the Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.config file, in the geoIpManager section, change the default salt value.

3. Restart IIS.