The SL Geeks Times: NGINX RPM Build with Third-party Modules

Prerequisites

OS with Centos 7 installed.
Enable "epel-release" repo
Install below packages

openssl openssl-devel gcc gd-devel GeoIP GeoIP-devel libgdata-devel.x86_64 libgdata.x86_64 gcc-c++ flex bison yajl yajl-devel curl-devel curl GeoIP-devel doxygen zlib-devel gcc make automake autoconf libtool pcre pcre-devel libxml2 libxml2-devel curl curl-devel httpd-devel rpm-build.x86_64 rpm-build-libs.x86_64 redhat-lsb-core.x86_64 mhash.x86_64 mhash-devel.x86_64 patch.x86_64 luajit.x86_64 libmodsecurity.x86_64 dkms gcc make kernel-devel bzip2 binutils patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers libXrandr libmodsecurity-devel.x86_64 git mlocate

Download and install nginx source RPM from nginx repo (http://nginx.org/packages/centos/7/SRPMS)

Download third-party modules from github or nginx module page

GitHub : https://github.com/
Nginx : https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/modules/

Pleased third-party module in side the "/root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/modules"

Modules we are going to include are as follow

echo-nginx-module : https://github.com/openresty/echo-nginx-module
lua-nginx-module : https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module
memc-nginx-module : https://github.com/openresty/memc-nginx-module
nginx_cross_origin_module : https://github.com/yaoweibin/nginx_cross_origin_module
nginx-goodies-nginx-sticky : https://github.com/Refinitiv/nginx-sticky-module-ng
nginx-modsecurity-module : https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity-nginx
nginx-sticky-module
nginx_upstream_check_module : https://github.com/yaoweibin/nginx_upstream_check_module
ngx_devel_kit : https://github.com/vision5/ngx_devel_kit
ngx_http_enhanced_memcached_module : https://github.com/bpaquet/ngx_http_enhanced_memcached_module
ngx-http-secure-download : https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/modules/secure_download/
redis2-nginx-module : https://github.com/openresty/redis2-nginx-module
redis-nginx-module : https://github.com/onnimonni/redis-nginx-module
set-misc-nginx-module : https://github.com/openresty/set-misc-nginx-module
srcache-nginx-module : https://github.com/openresty/srcache-nginx-module

We need to build modsecurity and LuaJit libiries separately and install on the server

Modsecurity : https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity
LuaJIT: https://luajit.org/download/LuaJIT-2.0.5.tar.gz

Build ModSecurity

Download ModSecurity from above URL
Execute below commands to build it.

./build.sh

./configure

make

make install

Build LuaJIT

Download the LuaJIT from above URL. Then make the build and install.

make
make install

Build NGINX with Modules

In some modules, its has patches to apply for nginx source code before build. You can check whether patches are include or not for that module by go through the each module folder. If you fine any patch file you have to patch it.

Ex:

Apply Patches

To apply patch you have to first extract the nginx source tar file. It is in "/root/rpmbuild/SOURCES".

Then execute this command

patch -p0 < /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/modules/nginx-goodies-nginx-sticky/patches/cookies.patch

You have to put full path when it prompt for File path. You find the path from locate command.

Once you applied all the patches, create a tar.gz file of nginx source code. Backup old one before do it.

Then include module you want to build with nginx to nginx.spec file.

Now it is time build the nginx.
To build the nginx execute this command.

rpmbuild -bb nginx.spec

It will take some time to build the final RPM base on the number of modules you have added.
If you successfully completed the build you will get some thing like this at the end.

Note: If you are a beginner, add module by module and build.