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16 changes: 14 additions & 2 deletions docs/web-servers/apache-tips-and-tricks/configure-modsecurity-on-apache/index.md
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Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ keywords: ["apache", " mod_security"]
og_description: 'Besides providing logging capabilities, Mod_security, as a web-detection tool, can monitor the HTTP traffic in real time in order to spot attacks. This guide shows how to load and run Mod_security on your Linode.'
license: '[CC BY-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0)'
aliases: ['web-servers/apache/mod-security/','websites/apache-tips-and-tricks/modsecurity-on-apache/','web-servers/apache-tips-and-tricks/modsecurity-on-apache/']
modified: 2017-10-27
modified: 2018-12-19
modified_by:
name: Linode
published: 2011-11-10
Expand All @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Although ModSecurity comes with a default configuration, this guide will use OWA

Before you install ModSecurity, you will need to have Apache installed on your Linode. This guide will use a LAMP stack; for installation instructions, see the [LAMP Guides](/docs/websites/lamp/).

### Ubuntu/Debian
### Debian

sudo apt install libapache2-modsecurity

Expand All @@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ Verify the version of ModSecurity is 2.8.0 or higher:
When listing all mods using `apachectl -M`, ModSecurity is listed under the name `security2_module`.
{{< /note >}}

### Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-security2

Restart Apache:

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Verify the version of ModSecurity is 2.8.0 or higher:

apt-cache show libapache2-mod-security2

### CentOS

yum install mod_security
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