Nginx failed test version 1010002 instead of 1012000 in /usr/share/nginx/modules/mod-http-image-filter.conf

Question

Upgraded nginx on a centos 6 test system from 1.10.x to 1.12.x via yum update. I then followed steps to get GeoIP module working (https://tushev.org/articles/linux-bsd/32/using-dynamic-geoip-module-with-nginx-centos).

When I run nginx -t, the following error is displayed:

$ nginx -t
nginx: [emerg] module "/usr/lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_http_image_filter_module.so" version 1010002 instead of 1012000 in /usr/share/nginx/modules/mod-http-image-filter.conf:1
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

In my nginx.conf file I commented out the line below

include /usr/share/nginx/modules/*.conf;

and nginx worked as expected again. That's great but doesn't solve my problem. Since this is a dev environment I need to get this working 100%. I am unsure that I really need the image filter after reading the specs (http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_image_filter_module.html).

Further, I did add individual modules back with luck as well:

load_module "modules/ngx_http_geoip_module.so";

I would like to know how to solve the version issue that the error displays and to know if omitting these modules, outside of the one I want, is okay?

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Answer 1

Posting another solution for people having similar problems, running these following commands worked for me on Centos 7 after I had already configured yum to look to the latest version:

sudo yum remove nginx-mod*
sudo yum install nginx-module-*

Here are some more details

Answer 2

In case Someone face the same problem i invite him to follow these steps to resolve the issues of the compatibility:

before making the module ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so that needed to be load in nginx.conf config file under /etc/nginx/nginx.config.

load_module modules/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so;

1. perform version check against your pre-installed nginx
`$ nginx -v`
in my case `nginx version: nginx/1.15.10 `
2. download the same version
`$ wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.15.10.tar.gz`
3. $ tar zxvf nginx-1.15.10.tar.gz
4. $ cd nginx-1.15.10
5. $ ./configure --with-compat --add-dynamic-module=/path_to_your/modsecurity-nginx-connector
6. $ cp objs/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so /etc/nginx/modules
7. add the module to nginx at the beginning of the /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file, after the `user` directive
`load_module modules/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so;`
8. $ nginx -t
`nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful `

and continue the process... as described here nginx.org hope im helpful.

Answer 3

Rollback to 1.10.2. nginx: [emerg] module "/etc/nginx/modules/ngx_http_geoip_module.so" version 1010002 instead of 1013002 in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:12 nginx version: nginx/1.13.2