Centmin Mod Nginx RPM Repository

Getting Started

Set up the repository on your server and install Nginx:

# Step 1 — Add the repository
cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/centminmod-nginx.repo << 'EOF'
[centminmod-nginx]
name=Centmin Mod Nginx
baseurl=https://rpm-nginx.centminmod.com/stable/el/$releasever/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
EOF

# EL8 only: disable nginx module stream to avoid conflicts
dnf module disable -y nginx  # skip on EL9/EL10

# Step 2 — Install Nginx (+ all modules, optional)
dnf install -y centminmod-nginx nginx-module-*

Start and enable Nginx:

systemctl start nginx
systemctl enable nginx

What You Get

• Production-ready Nginx at /usr/local/nginx/
• 26 optional modules you can add any time
• Optimized builds with modern GCC toolsets
• Ready-to-use config files for common setups
• Managed via systemd like any other service

Adding Modules

Install only the modules you need:

# Example: add Brotli compression and Lua scripting
dnf install nginx-module-brotli nginx-module-lua

# See everything available
dnf list available nginx-module-*

Prerequisites

Most dependencies are resolved automatically by dnf. Some modules require system libraries that dnf will pull in when you install them:

System Package	Required By	Notes
procps-ng	centminmod-nginx (base)	Explicit RPM dependency
brotli	nginx-module-brotli	Auto-resolved by dnf
libmaxminddb	nginx-module-geoip2	Auto-resolved by dnf
gd	nginx-module-image-filter	Auto-resolved by dnf
libxslt	nginx-module-xslt, nginx-module-dav-ext	Auto-resolved by dnf
libxml2	nginx-module-xslt, nginx-module-dav-ext	Auto-resolved by dnf
libzstd	nginx-module-zstd	Auto-resolved by dnf

On minimal installs, you can pre-install all prerequisites at once:

dnf install -y procps-ng brotli libmaxminddb gd libxslt libxml2 libzstd

EL8 only: Run dnf module disable -y nginx before installing to avoid modular filtering conflicts.

Module dependencies: nginx-module-lua, nginx-module-set-misc, and nginx-module-encrypted-session require nginx-module-ndk — resolved automatically by dnf.

Available Modules

Install any module with dnf install nginx-module-<name>. Each module auto-configures itself via drop-in config.

nginx-module-accesskey	Access key-based authorization
nginx-module-brotli	Brotli compression (static + dynamic)
nginx-module-cache-purge	Purge cached content by URL
nginx-module-dav-ext	WebDAV extended methods (PROPFIND, OPTIONS, etc.)
nginx-module-echo	Shell-style output and testing utilities
nginx-module-encrypted-session	Encrypt/decrypt session variables
nginx-module-fancyindex	Themed directory listings
nginx-module-geoip2	MaxMind GeoIP2 database lookups
nginx-module-headers-more	Add, set, or clear HTTP headers
nginx-module-http-concat	Concatenate files in a single response
nginx-module-http-rdns	Reverse DNS lookups for client IPs
nginx-module-http-redis	Redis caching for HTTP responses
nginx-module-image-filter	On-the-fly image resizing and transforms
nginx-module-length-hiding	Pad response length to prevent side-channel leaks
nginx-module-lua	Lua scripting (OpenResty lua-nginx-module)
nginx-module-memc	Extended memcached interface
nginx-module-ndk	Nginx Development Kit (dependency for lua, set-misc)
nginx-module-njs	NGINX JavaScript — scripting with njs
nginx-module-redis2	Redis 2.0 protocol support
nginx-module-set-misc	Extended variable manipulation (base64, hashes, etc.)
nginx-module-srcache	Subrequest-based caching (memcached/redis backends)
nginx-module-subs-filter	Regex-based response body substitution
nginx-module-testcookie	Bot detection via cookie challenge
nginx-module-vts	Virtual host traffic status & monitoring
nginx-module-xslt	XML/XSLT response transformation
nginx-module-zstd	Zstandard compression (static + dynamic)

Build Variants

Different builds are available. Most users should use stable (the default above).

Variant	Best For
stable	Most users — uses your system’s OpenSSL
awslc	AWS-LC crypto library (FIPS-capable)
openssl	Custom OpenSSL built from source
optimized	LTO + x86-64-v3 + mold linker (Haswell 2013+)
optimized-v4	LTO + x86-64-v4 + mold linker (Skylake-X / Zen 4+, AVX-512)
awslc-optimized	AWS-LC + LTO + x86-64-v3 + mold (Haswell 2013+)
awslc-optimized-v4	AWS-LC + LTO + x86-64-v4 + mold (Skylake-X / Zen 4+, AVX-512)

To switch variants, replace stable with the variant name in the baseurl.

Supported Systems

• AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux 8 (x86_64)
• AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux 9 (x86_64)
• AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux 10 (x86_64)