Re: ModSecurity was not compiled with JSON support

Hi Dino,

libyajl-dev was installed on "/usr/local" or "/usr" ?

You may want to use github instead of the mailing list -- it seems
that we have more popularity there.

Br.,
F.


On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 7:45 AM Dino Edwards via mod-security-users
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I’m getting the following error in my security audit log:
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> "error":"ModSecurity was not compiled with JSON support.
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> I’m using Ubuntu 18.04 and Modsecurity 3.0.3. I’ve installed the libyajl-dev library. When trying to compile Modsecurity I get the following output:
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> ./configure --with-yajl="/usr/local/lib"
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> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
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> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
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> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
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> checking for gawk... gawk
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> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
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> checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
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> checking for g++... g++
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> checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
>
> checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out
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> checking for suffix of executables...
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> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
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> checking for suffix of object files... o
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> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
>
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
>
> checking for style of include used by make... GNU
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> checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
>
> checking for gcc... gcc
>
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
>
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
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> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
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> checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
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> checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
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> checking for ar... ar
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> checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar
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> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
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> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
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> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
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> configure: YAJL library found at: /usr/local/lib//libyajl.so
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> configure: error: YAJL was explicitly referenced but it was not found
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> root@aegis-waf-ovh:/opt/ModSecurity# ./configure --with-yajl="/usr/local/lib /usr/local"
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> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
>
> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
>
> checking for gawk... gawk
>
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
>
> checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
>
> checking for g++... g++
>
> checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
>
> checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out
>
> checking for suffix of executables...
>
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>
> checking for suffix of object files... o
>
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
>
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
>
> checking for style of include used by make... GNU
>
> checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
>
> checking for gcc... gcc
>
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
>
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
>
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
>
> checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
>
> checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
>
> checking for ar... ar
>
> checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar
>
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
>
> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
>
> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
>
> configure: error: YAJL was explicitly referenced but it was not found
>
> root@aegis-waf-ovh:/opt/ModSecurity# ./configure --with-yajl="/usr/local/lib"
>
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
>
> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
>
> checking for gawk... gawk
>
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
>
> checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
>
> checking for g++... g++
>
> checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
>
> checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out
>
> checking for suffix of executables...
>
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>
> checking for suffix of object files... o
>
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
>
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
>
> checking for style of include used by make... GNU
>
> checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
>
> checking for gcc... gcc
>
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
>
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
>
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
>
> checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
>
> checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
>
> checking for ar... ar
>
> checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar
>
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
>
> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
>
> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
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> configure: YAJL library found at: /usr/local/lib//libyajl.so
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> configure: error: YAJL was explicitly referenced but it was not found
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> I would appreciate some help
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>
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> Thanks!
>
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-- 
Br.,
Felipe Zimmerle


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