nginx: [emerg] "modsecurity_rules_file" directive Rules error Expecting an action

[kjakub]

nginx: [emerg] "modsecurity_rules_file" directive Rules error. File: /etc/nginx/conf/modsecurity.conf. Line: 23. Column: 82. Expecting an action, got: "id: in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:48wercase,pass,nolog,ctl:requestBodyProcessor=XML"

from:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/v3.0.2/modsecurity.conf-recommended

with

nginx-1.15.5 (reproducable on other versions too)

git clone --depth 1 -b v3/master --single-branch https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity
cd ModSecurity
git submodule init
git submodule update
./build.sh
./configure
make
make install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity-nginx.git
./configure --with-compat --add-dynamic-module=./ModSecurity-nginx
make modules
cp objs/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so /etc/nginx/

[zimmerle]

Hi @kjakub,

Do you mind to share your nginx.conf?

[defanator]

@kjakub please check if you have CRLF line terminators in your modsecurity.conf, and try to use the original one with Unix-style line feeds instead. Will it work?

[zimmerle]

As of bfe917b the parser is now able to handle the files CRLF or LF.

[kjakub]

👍 thank you