Bug 1408484 - sudo yum install ngx_headers_more fails
Summary: sudo yum install ngx_headers_more fails
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: nginx
Version: epel7
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Felix Kaechele
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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: 1518974 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-12-23 17:18 UTC by Geoffrey Hoffman
Modified: 2021-04-21 14:27 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-04-21 14:27:28 UTC
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Description Geoffrey Hoffman 2016-12-23 17:18:18 UTC
Description of problem:

A routine security audit revealed the presence of "Server: nginx" in the HTTP response headers when serving content from RedHat/CentOS using the popular web browser, Nginx. 

For security reasons, it is recommended, if not required, to change or remove this header. 

ngx_headers_more module provides this feature, however, installation currently requires compiling nginx from source, though a dynamic module load option is available.

It is requested to add the ngx_headers_more module to yum installation in EPEL repository. Debian-based systems feature this module via 

apt-get install nginx-extras


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Nginx version 1.10.x

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.yum search nginx | grep more

Actual results:
No package available for ngx_headers_more

Expected results:
Installation of ngx_headers_more module by yum

Additional info:

https://github.com/openresty/headers-more-nginx-module#synopsis
https://github.com/openresty/headers-more-nginx-module#installation
http://serverfault.com/questions/755046/installing-nginx-headers-more-module-with-yum

$ sudo yum install nginx-extras
Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb, search-disabled-repos
No package nginx-extras available.
Error: Nothing to do
$ sudo yum -y install epel-release
Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb, search-disabled-repos
Package epel-release-7-8.noarch already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
$ sudo yum search nginx | grep headers
$

Comment 1 Danila Vershinin 2019-11-20 21:56:04 UTC
Hoping not to sound much biased about this (maintainer of GetPageSpeed repos here):

Your options for up-to-date packaged ngx_headers_more (in lack of such in EPEL now) are such:

* Commercial NGINX Plus subscription (hefty fees)
* GetPageSpeed repository (a ten-dollar bill, continuously maintained and updated - both stable and mainline NGINX can be chosen, 30+ NGINX modules continuously rebuilt with every NGINX release and can be installed separately. Includes modules that are not available in NGINX Plus. So it's NGINX Plus+ :)
* AFAIK, the author of ngx_headers_more has its own repository/NGINX builds (but named differently/installed separately from NGINX, so it *might* have SELinux adjustments required)

Comment 2 Felix Kaechele 2020-05-17 03:04:43 UTC
*** Bug 1518974 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Felix Kaechele 2021-04-21 14:27:28 UTC
I have decided to not include 3rd party source code in the nginx package build process.
I do, however, have enabled the --with-compat build flag in the nginx package, so it should be easy for people to build separate packages with the dynamic module.


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