Because I don’t own NGINX plus, I must build mod_security and geoip2 modules manually each time I set up a new server with NGINX. It’s good practice to have both installed, as it can increase security of your web application significantly. I was getting tired of building every time, so I created a script which will do that for you. This script is build for Rocky Linux 8, so it should work on CentOS 8 (Stream), AlmaLInux …
This script will auto-detect your NGINX version and will download source, build extensions and install ModSecurity also. It will also install necessary dependencies which are needed for install. If you encounter errors, please check for errors on which library you need. It will also install OWASP ruleset for mod_security and configure your NGINX accordingly. Path to extensions will be inserted in your NGINX configuration by script.
You should install and configure geoipupdate and add geoip definitions in your nginx configuration.
I hope this helps you and saves you some time. Feel free to modify and customize the script according to your needs.
Here is the script: build nginx modules script
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