# GeoIP, Host, ACL and mapping

**URL:** <https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/geoip-host-acl-and-mapping/7684>\
**Category:** Help!\
**Created:** [May 25, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/geoip-host-acl-and-mapping/7684 "2022-05-25T13:14:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![renton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@renton](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/renton)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/geoip-host-acl-and-mapping/7684/1 "2022-05-25T13:14:30Z")

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Hi,

I use these ACLs to allow requests from certain countries to certain hosts. In my case, domain owners can choose the countries for accessing their sites themselves.

```auto
acl acl_NA src -f NA.txt
acl acl_OC src -f OC.txt
acl acl_AS src -f AS.txt
acl acl_SK src -f SK.txt

acl ACL_example.com hdr(host) -i example.com
acl ACL_example.com1 hdr(host) -i example1.com
acl ACL_example.com2 hdr(host) -i example2.com

http-request allow if ACL_example.com acl_OC || ACL_example.com acl_AS
http-request deny if ACL_example.com
http-request allow if ACL_example1.com acl_SK
http-request deny if ACL_example1.com
http-request allow if ACL_example2.com acl_SK || ACL_example2.com acl_OC || ACL_example2.com acl_AS
http-request deny if ACL_example2.com

```

It works but creates a lot of rules in the haproxy config file. It is not handy.  
Is it possible to replace all these rules with something like map-files (and map-acl rules)? I can generate map files of any format, for example

```auto
example.com OC
example.com AS
example1.com SK
example2.com SK
example2.com OC
example2.com AS

```

or

```auto
example.com OC|AS
example1.com SK
example2.com SK|OC|AS

```

but how can I combine them together, I can’t imagine.  
Thank you for any help.