Since the comodo rule set performs better than owasp and produces fewer false positives, let’s use comodo in the following installation commands. ModSecurity on DirectAdmin has 2 sets of principles, comodo and owasp. Step 3: Install ModSecurity on DirectAdmin with CustomBuild 2.0 In case your CustomBuild version is lower than 2.0 then you need to upgrade CustomBuild 1.x to 2.0, you can check out the following tutorial:Īfter having CustomBuild 2.0, we continue to step 3 to perform the ModSecurity installation commands on DirectAdmin.

To check the version of CustomBuild you are using, please check out the following short tutorial: Step 2: Check the Custombuild versionįirst, check if your VPS/Server is using CustomBuild 2.0 version. How to login to Linux VPS with SSH protocol>Īfter successfully SSH, we continue with step 2 to check the version of CustomBuild in use.

If you don’t know how to SSH into your VPS/Server, you can refer to the following tutorial: To install ModSecurity on DirectAdmin with CustomBuild 2.0, we first need to SSH or access your VPS/server with root privileges.

To install ModSecurity on DirectAdmin with CustomBuild 2.0, follow these 3 steps.

Install ModSecurity on DirectAdmin with CustomBuild 2.0 ModSecurity, Modsec for short, is an open-source web-based firewall (or WAF) application supported by various web servers: Apache, Nginx, and IIS.

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