[mod-security-users] This version of ModSecurity was not compiled with GeoIP or MaxMind support

[Dino E. <din...@my...>]

HI,

I'm having a problem with libmodsecurity (Modsecurity 3.0.3-114) or Nginx or both, I can't tell which. Everytime I try to start Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04, it throws the following error:

nginx: [emerg] "modsecurity_rules_file" directive Rules error. File: /usr/local/nginx/conf/modsecurity/../rules/REQUEST-910-IP-REPUTATION.conf. Line: 73. Column: 22. This version of ModSecurity was not compiled with GeoIP or MaxMind support.

I originally installed GeoIP which didn't work and then I installed MaxMind which didn't work either.

When I compile libmodsecurity it looks like it finds GeoIP/MaxMind:

Optional dependencies
   + GeoIP/MaxMind                                 ....found
      * (MaxMind) v1.4.2
         -lmaxminddb  , -DWITH_MAXMIND -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
      * (GeoIP) v1.6.12
         -lGeoIP  , -I/usr/include/

I tried compiling with -with-maxind=yes and with -with-geoip=yes flags still same problem.

I compile nginx with either the -with-http_geoip_module OR -with-http_geoip_module=dynamic flags same error.


I'm not sure where to go from there. The only way I can get Nginx to start without throwing that error is to remove the REQUEST-910-IP-REPUTATION.conf rule.

I would appreciate some help.

Thanks!