# dnf install nginx

# nginx -V

# nginx -V
nginx version: nginx/1.14.1
built by gcc 8.2.1 20180905 (Red Hat 8.2.1-3) (GCC)
built with OpenSSL 1.1.1 FIPS  11 Sep 2018
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --prefix=/usr/share/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --modules-path=/usr/lib64/nginx/modules --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/client_body --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/proxy --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/fastcgi --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/uwsgi --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/scgi --pid-path=/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/run/lock/subsys/nginx --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-file-aio --with-ipv6 --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_xslt_module=dynamic --with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic --with-http_sub_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_degradation_module --with-http_slice_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_perl_module=dynamic --with-http_auth_request_module --with-mail=dynamic --with-mail_ssl_module --with-pcre --with-pcre-jit --with-stream=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-debug --with-cc-opt='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection' --with-ld-opt='-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -Wl,-E'

# dnf group install "Development Tools"
# dnf install pcre-devel libxslt-devel gd-devel libcurl-devel ssdeep-libs ssdeep-devel lua lua-devel libxml2-devel yajl-devel lmdb-devel lmdb-libs lmdb xz-devel GeoIP-devel GeoIP-GeoLite-data gd-devel
# ./configure --add-dynamic-module=../ModSecurity-nginx --prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --modules-path=/usr/lib64/nginx/modules --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/client_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-compat --with-file-aio --with-threads --with-http_addition_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_slice_module --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_v2_module --with-mail --with-mail_ssl_module --with-stream --with-stream_realip_module --with-http_perl_module=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-stream_ssl_preread_module --with-cc-opt='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -fPIC' --with-ld-opt='-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -Wl,-E'
# make

Backup /usr/sbin/nginx to /usr/sbin/nginx-1.14.1

# mv /usr/sbin/nginx /usr/sbin/nginx-1.14.1
# cp objs/nginx /usr/sbin/nginx
# cp objs/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so /usr/lib64/nginx/modules
# cp objs/ngx_http_perl_module.so /usr/lib64/nginx/modules
# cp objs/ngx_http_image_filter_module.so /usr/lib64/nginx/modules
# cp objs/ngx_http_xslt_filter_module.so /usr/lib64/nginx/modules
# cp objs/ngx_mail_module.so /usr/lib64/nginx/modules
# cp objs/ngx_stream_module.so /usr/lib64/nginx/modules
# cp /usr/src/ModSecurity/modsecurity.conf-recommended /etc/nginx/modsecurity.conf
# cp /usr/src/ModSecurity/unicode.mapping /etc/nginx/unicode.mapping

Enable SecRuleEngine, edit /etc/nginx/modsecurity.conf and change

SecRuleEngine DetectionOnly
to
SecRuleEngine On

Check nginx version should be like this

# nginx -V
nginx version: nginx/1.16.1
built by gcc 8.2.1 20180905 (Red Hat 8.2.1-3) (GCC)
built with OpenSSL 1.1.1 FIPS  11 Sep 2018
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: .........

Disable Nginx update by edit /etc/dnf/dnf.conf by adding this code

exclude=nginx*

Configure Nginx to use ModSecurity module

To load ModSecurity on Nginx, edit /etc/nginx/nginx.conf and add this code in top of configuration.

error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;

load_module modules/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so;

And on your server block add this code:

server {
	.......
	.......
	modsecurity on;
	modsecurity_rules_file /etc/nginx/modsec_includes.conf;
	.......
	.......
}

Get OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) from https://coreruleset.org or https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_ModSecurity_Core_Rule_Set_Project

# cd /etc/nginx
# wget https://github.com/SpiderLabs/owasp-modsecurity-crs/archive/v3.2.0.zip
# unzip v3.2.0.zip
# mv owasp-modsecurity-crs-3.2.0 owasp-modsecurity-crs
#### OR BY CLONE
# git clone https://github.com/SpiderLabs/owasp-modsecurity-crs.git
# cp owasp-modsecurity-crs/crs-setup.conf.example owasp-modsecurity-crs/crs-setup.conf

Create /etc/nginx/modsec_includes.conf and add code below