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+# ModSecurity-nginx Windows build information <!-- omit from toc -->
+
+## Contents <!-- omit from toc -->
+
+- [References](#references)
+- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
+- [Build](#build)
+  - [Docker container](#docker-container)
+- [Tests](#tests)
+- [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous)
+
+## References
+
+ * [Building nginx on the Win32 platform with Visual C](https://nginx.org/en/docs/howto_build_on_win32.html)
+ * [libModSecurity Windows build information](https://github.com/eduar-hte/ModSecurity/blob/windows-port/build/win32/README.md)
+ * [ModSecurity-nginx - Compilation](https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity-nginx#compilation)
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+ * [Build Tools for Visual Studio 2022](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_buildtools.exe)
+   * Install *Desktop development with C++* workload, which includes:
+     * MSVC C++ compiler
+     * Windows SDK
+     * CMake
+   * NOTE: The build steps assume this has been installed in `C:\BuildTools`.
+ * [MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org/)
+   * For nginx build on Windows
+   * NOTE: The build steps assume this has been installed in `C:\msys64`.
+ * [Conan package manager 2.2.2](https://github.com/conan-io/conan/releases/download/2.2.2/conan-2.2.2-windows-x86_64-installer.exe)
+   * Required to build libModSecurity v3 on Windows.
+   * Install and then setup the default Conan profile to use the MSVC C++ compiler:
+     1. Open a command-prompt and set the MSVC C++ compiler environment by executing: `C:\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat`
+     2. Execute: `conan profile detect --force`
+ * [Git for Windows 2.44.0](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.44.0.windows.1/Git-2.44.0-64-bit.exe)
+ * [Strawberry Perl for Windows](https://strawberryperl.com/)
+   * nginx build on Windows requires a native Perl build. The one included in MSYS2 triggers the following error:
+        ```
+        This perl implementation doesn't produce Windows like paths (with backward slash directory separators).  Please use an implementation that matches your building platform.
+        ```
+   * NOTE: The build steps assume this has been installed in `C:\Strawberry\perl`.
+
+## Build
+
+ 1. Open a command prompt
+ 2. Set up MSVC C++ compiler environment by executing:
+    ```shell
+    C:\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat
+    ```
+ 3. From this command prompt, launch a `MSYS2 UCRT64 Shell` (to inherit MSVC C++ compiler environment)
+    ```shell
+    c:\msys64\ucrt64.exe
+    ```
+ 4. Checkout nginx source code
+    ```shell
+    git clone -c advice.detachedHead=false --depth 1 https://github.com/nginx/nginx.git
+    cd nginx
+    ```
+ 5. Download third-party libraries
+    ```shell
+    mkdir objs
+    mkdir objs/lib
+    cd objs/lib
+
+    echo Downloading PCRE2
+    wget -q -O - https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.39/pcre2-10.39.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
+
+    echo Downloading zlib
+    wget -q -O - https://www.zlib.net/fossils/zlib-1.3.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
+
+    echo Downloading OpenSSL
+    wget -q -O - https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-3.0.13.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
+    ```
+ 6. Checkout and build libModSecurity v3
+    * For more information on libModSecurity v3 build options, see [libModSecurity Windows build information](https://github.com/eduar-hte/ModSecurity/blob/windows-port/build/win32/README.md).
+    ```shell
+    git clone -c advice.detachedHead=false --depth 1 --branch windows-port https://github.com/eduar-hte/ModSecurity
+    #git clone -c advice.detachedHead=false --depth 1 https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity.git
+
+    cd ModSecurity
+
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule update
+
+    vcbuild.bat
+
+    cd ..
+    ```
+ 7. Checkout ModSecurity-nginx
+    ```shell
+    git clone -c advice.detachedHead=false --depth 1 --branch windows-port https://github.com/eduar-hte/ModSecurity-nginx.git
+    #git clone -c advice.detachedHead=false --depth 1 https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity-nginx.git
+
+    cd ../..
+    ```
+ 8. Setup environment variables for nginx build
+    ```shell
+    # remove (or move) /usr/bin/link conflicting with MSVC link.exe
+    rm /usr/bin/link
+
+    # nginx build on windows requires a native perl build (see prerequisites)
+    export PATH=/c/Strawberry/perl/bin:$PATH
+    # avoid perl 'Setting locale failed.' warnings
+    export LC_ALL=C
+
+    # provide location of libModsecurity headers & libraries for
+    # the ModSecurity-nginx module build
+    export MODSECURITY_INC=objs/lib/ModSecurity/headers
+    export MODSECURITY_LIB=objs/lib/ModSecurity/build/win32/build/Release
+    ```
+ 9. Configure nginx build
+    ```shell
+    auto/configure \
+        --with-cc=cl \
+        --with-debug \
+        --prefix= \
+        --conf-path=conf/nginx.conf \
+        --pid-path=logs/nginx.pid \
+        --http-log-path=logs/access.log \
+        --error-log-path=logs/error.log \
+        --sbin-path=nginx.exe \
+        --http-client-body-temp-path=temp/client_body_temp \
+        --http-proxy-temp-path=temp/proxy_temp \
+        --http-fastcgi-temp-path=temp/fastcgi_temp \
+        --http-scgi-temp-path=temp/scgi_temp \
+        --http-uwsgi-temp-path=temp/uwsgi_temp \
+        --with-cc-opt=-DFD_SETSIZE=1024 \
+        --with-pcre=objs/lib/pcre2-10.39 \
+        --with-zlib=objs/lib/zlib-1.3 \
+        --with-openssl=objs/lib/openssl-3.0.13 \
+        --with-openssl-opt=no-asm \
+        --with-http_ssl_module \
+        --with-http_v2_module \
+        --with-http_auth_request_module \
+        --add-module=objs/lib/ModSecurity-nginx
+    ```
+ 10. Build nginx
+        ```shell
+        nmake
+        ```
+
+### Docker container
+
+A `Dockerfile` configuration file is provided in the `docker` subdir that creates a Windows container image which installs the [prerequisites](#prerequisites) and builds libModSecurity v3 and nginx w/ModSecurity-nginx.
+
+NOTE: Windows containers are supported in Docker Desktop for Windows, using the *Switch to Windows containers...* option on the context menu of the system tray icon.
+
+To build the docker image, execute the following command (from the `win32\docker` directory):
+
+ * `docker build -t modsecurity_nginx:latest -m 4GB .`
+
+Once the image is generated, the built binaries are located in the `C:\src\nginx\objs` directory.
+
+To extract the built binaries from the image, you can execute the following commands:
+
+ * `docker container create --name [container_name] modsecurity_nginx`
+ * `docker cp [container_name]:C:\src\nginx\objs\nginx.exe .`
+ * `docker cp [container_name]:C:\src\nginx\objs\libModSecurity.dll .`
+
+Additionally, the image can be used interactively for additional development work by executing:
+
+ * `docker run -it modsecurity_nginx`
+
+## Tests
+
+In order to validate the nginx w/ModSecurity-nginx binary it's recommended that you set up and run ModSecurity-nginx tests following these steps:
+
+ 1. Open a command prompt and go to the directory where `nginx` was built.
+ 2. Clone nginx-tests
+    ```shell
+    git clone -c advice.detachedHead=false --depth 1 https://github.com/nginx/nginx-tests.git test
+    ```
+ 3. Copy `libModSecurity.dll` to the directory where `nginx.exe` is located.
+    ```shell
+    cd objs
+    copy objs\lib\ModSecurity\build\win32\Release\build\libModSecurity.dll
+    ```
+ 4. Copy ModSecurity-nginx tests to the nginx tests directory.
+    ```shell
+    cd ..\test
+    copy ..\objs\lib\ModSecurity-nginx\tests\*.*
+    ```
+ 5. Run ModSecurity-nginx tests
+    ```shell
+    set TEST_NGINX_BINARY=..\objs\nginx.exe
+    prove modsecurity*.t
+    ```
+
+NOTES
+
+ * `TEST_NGINX_BINARY` requires path with backslashes. nginx won't work with path with slashes.
+ * The tests generate nginx configuration and associated files (such as log files) on the temp directory indicated by the `TEMP` environment variable. nginx won't work if the path contains spaces or short path names with the `~`  character. You may need to set the `TEMP` environment variable to a path that respects these limitations (such as `C:\TEMP`).
+
+## Miscellaneous
+
+The ModSecurity-nginx connector is built as a static nginx module. It looks as if there's currently no support for dynamic modules on nginx for Windows using MSVC.
+
+It may be possible to cross-compile for Windows using gcc/clang, which may enable building using dynamic modules too.
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+# escape=`
+
+# References
+#
+#  * Building nginx on the Win32 platform with Visual C
+#    * https://nginx.org/en/docs/howto_build_on_win32.html
+#  * libModSecurity Windows build information
+#    * https://github.com/eduar-hte/ModSecurity/blob/windows-port/build/win32/README.md
+#  * ModSecurity-nginx - Compilation
+#    * https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity-nginx#compilation
+
+ARG FROM_IMAGE=mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2022
+FROM ${FROM_IMAGE}
+
+# reset the shell.
+SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
+
+# set up environment to collect install errors.
+COPY InstallBuildTools.cmd C:\TEMP\
+ADD https://aka.ms/vscollect.exe C:\TEMP\collect.exe
+
+# download channel for fixed install.
+ARG CHANNEL_URL=https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/channel
+ADD ${CHANNEL_URL} C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman
+
+# download and install Build Tools for Visual Studio 2022 for native desktop workload.
+ADD https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_buildtools.exe C:\TEMP\vs_buildtools.exe
+RUN C:\TEMP\InstallBuildTools.cmd C:\TEMP\vs_buildtools.exe --quiet --wait --norestart --nocache `
+    --channelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman `
+    --installChannelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman `
+    --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools  `
+    --includeRecommended `
+    --installPath C:\BuildTools
+
+# download & install git
+ARG GIT_VERSION=2.44.0
+ARG GIT_BINARY=Git-${GIT_VERSION}-64-bit.exe
+ARG GIT_URL=https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v${GIT_VERSION}.windows.1/${GIT_BINARY}
+
+COPY git.inf C:\TEMP\
+ARG INSTALLER=C:\TEMP\${GIT_BINARY}
+ADD ${GIT_URL} ${INSTALLER}
+RUN %INSTALLER% /SP- /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NOCANCEL `
+    /NORESTART /CLOSEAPPLICATIONS /RESTARTAPPLICATIONS /LOADINF=git.inf
+
+# download & setup conan (for libModSecurity build)
+ARG CONAN_VERSION=2.2.2
+ARG CONAN_BINARY=conan-${CONAN_VERSION}-windows-x86_64-installer.exe
+ARG CONAN_URL=https://github.com/conan-io/conan/releases/download/${CONAN_VERSION}/${CONAN_BINARY}
+
+ARG INSTALLER=C:\TEMP\${CONAN_BINARY}
+ADD ${CONAN_URL} ${INSTALLER}
+RUN %INSTALLER% /SP- /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES
+
+# setup conan profile
+RUN C:\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat && conan profile detect --force
+
+# download & setup Strawberry Perl (nginx requires a native Windows perl version to build)
+ARG PERL_VERSION=5.38.2.2
+ARG PERL_BINARY=strawberry-perl-${PERL_VERSION}-64bit.msi
+ARG PERL_URL=https://github.com/StrawberryPerl/Perl-Dist-Strawberry/releases/download/SP_53822_64bit/${PERL_BINARY}
+
+ARG INSTALLER=C:\TEMP\${PERL_BINARY}
+ADD ${PERL_URL} ${INSTALLER}
+RUN msiexec /i %INSTALLER% /quiet /qn /norestart
+
+# msys2 (to build nginx)
+#
+# References
+#
+#  * Using MSYS2 in CI
+#    * https://www.msys2.org/docs/ci/
+
+SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
+
+RUN [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; `
+  Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -uri "https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/download/nightly-x86_64/msys2-base-x86_64-latest.sfx.exe" -OutFile msys2.exe; `
+  .\msys2.exe -y -oC:\; `
+  Remove-Item msys2.exe ; `
+  function msys() { C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe @('-lc') + @Args; } `
+  msys ' '; `
+  msys 'pacman --noconfirm -Syuu'; `
+  msys 'pacman --noconfirm -Syuu'; `
+  msys 'pacman --noconfirm -Scc';
+
+# revert back to the default shell (cmd.exe)
+SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
+
+# create src dir
+ARG SRC_DIR=C:\src
+
+WORKDIR C:\
+RUN cmd.exe /C md %SRC_DIR%
+
+WORKDIR ${SRC_DIR}
+
+# nginx
+#
+
+RUN git clone -c advice.detachedHead=false --depth 1 https://github.com/nginx/nginx.git
+
+ARG NGINX_DIR=${SRC_DIR}\nginx
+WORKDIR ${NGINX_DIR}
+
+# nginx/tests
+RUN git clone -c advice.detachedHead=false --depth 1 https://github.com/nginx/nginx-tests.git test
+
+ARG NGINX_LIBS_DIR=${NGINX_DIR}\objs\lib
+
+# libModSecurity
+#
+
+WORKDIR ${NGINX_LIBS_DIR}
+
+ARG MOD_SECURITY_TAG=windows-port
+RUN git clone -c advice.detachedHead=false --depth 1 --branch %MOD_SECURITY_TAG% https://github.com/eduar-hte/ModSecurity.git
+
+ARG MOD_SECURITY_DIR=${NGINX_LIBS_DIR}\ModSecurity
+WORKDIR ${MOD_SECURITY_DIR}
+
+# fetch submodules (bindings/python, others/libinjection, test/test-cases/secrules-language-tests)
+RUN git submodule init
+RUN git submodule update
+
+# build
+RUN C:\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat && vcbuild.bat
+
+RUN cmd.exe /C copy build\win32\build\Release\libModSecurity.dll ..\..
+
+# ModSecurity-nginx
+#
+
+WORKDIR ${NGINX_LIBS_DIR}
+
+ARG MOD_SECURITY_NGINX_TAG=windows-port
+RUN git clone -c advice.detachedHead=false --depth 1 --branch %MOD_SECURITY_NGINX_TAG% https://github.com/eduar-hte/ModSecurity-nginx.git
+
+RUN cmd.exe /C copy ModSecurity-nginx\tests\*.* ..\..\test
+
+# nginx w/ModSecurity-nginx
+#
+
+WORKDIR ${NGINX_DIR}
+
+COPY build-nginx.sh ${NGINX_DIR}
+COPY build-nginx-bootstrap.bat ${NGINX_DIR}
+
+RUN cmd.exe /C build-nginx-bootstrap.bat
+
+# execute ModSecurity-nginx tests
+WORKDIR ${NGINX_DIR}\test
+
+RUN set TEST_NGINX_BINARY=..\objs\nginx.exe && prove modsecurity*.t
+
+# setup container's entrypoint
+#
+
+WORKDIR ${NGINX_DIR}
+
+# Use developer command prompt and start PowerShell if no other command specified.
+ENTRYPOINT ["C:\\BuildTools\\VC\\Auxiliary\\Build\\vcvars64.bat", "&&", "powershell.exe", "-NoLogo", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass"]
diff --git a/win32/docker/InstallBuildTools.cmd b/win32/docker/InstallBuildTools.cmd
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+@rem Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+@rem Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+@if not defined _echo echo off
+setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
+
+call %*
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="3010" (
+    exit /b 0
+) else (
+    if not "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" (
+        set ERR=%ERRORLEVEL%
+        call C:\TEMP\collect.exe -zip:C:\vslogs.zip
+
+        exit /b !ERR!
+    )
+)
diff --git a/win32/docker/build-nginx-bootstrap.bat b/win32/docker/build-nginx-bootstrap.bat
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+@echo off
+rem Bootstrap to setup MSVC compiler environment and inherit it into bash
+call "C:\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
+set MSYSTEM=UCRT64
+set MSYS2_PATH_TYPE=inherit
+C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe -lc 'cd /c/src/nginx ; ./build-nginx.sh'
diff --git a/win32/docker/build-nginx.sh b/win32/docker/build-nginx.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd objs/lib
+
+echo Downloading PCRE2
+wget -q -O - https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.39/pcre2-10.39.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
+
+echo Downloading zlib
+wget -q -O - https://www.zlib.net/fossils/zlib-1.3.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
+
+echo Downloading OpenSSL
+wget -q -O - https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-3.0.13.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
+
+cd ../..
+
+# remove /usr/bin/link conflicting with MSVC link.exe
+rm /usr/bin/link
+
+# nginx build on windows requires a native perl build
+export PATH=/c/Strawberry/perl/bin:$PATH
+# avoid perl 'Setting locale failed.' warnings
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+export MODSECURITY_INC=objs/lib/ModSecurity/headers
+export MODSECURITY_LIB=objs/lib/ModSecurity/build/win32/build/Release
+
+auto/configure \
+    --with-cc=cl \
+    --with-debug \
+    --prefix= \
+    --conf-path=conf/nginx.conf \
+    --pid-path=logs/nginx.pid \
+    --http-log-path=logs/access.log \
+    --error-log-path=logs/error.log \
+    --sbin-path=nginx.exe \
+    --http-client-body-temp-path=temp/client_body_temp \
+    --http-proxy-temp-path=temp/proxy_temp \
+    --http-fastcgi-temp-path=temp/fastcgi_temp \
+    --http-scgi-temp-path=temp/scgi_temp \
+    --http-uwsgi-temp-path=temp/uwsgi_temp \
+    --with-cc-opt=-DFD_SETSIZE=1024 \
+    --with-pcre=objs/lib/pcre2-10.39 \
+    --with-zlib=objs/lib/zlib-1.3 \
+    --with-openssl=objs/lib/openssl-3.0.13 \
+    --with-openssl-opt=no-asm \
+    --with-http_ssl_module \
+    --with-http_v2_module \
+    --with-http_auth_request_module \
+    --add-module=objs/lib/ModSecurity-nginx
+
+nmake
diff --git a/win32/docker/git.inf b/win32/docker/git.inf
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+[Setup]
+Lang=default
+Dir=C:\Program Files\Git
+Group=Git
+NoIcons=0
+SetupType=default
+Components=ext,ext\shellhere,ext\guihere,gitlfs,assoc,autoupdate
+Tasks=
+EditorOption=VIM
+CustomEditorPath=
+PathOption=Cmd
+SSHOption=OpenSSH
+TortoiseOption=false
+CURLOption=WinSSL
+CRLFOption=LFOnly
+BashTerminalOption=ConHost
+PerformanceTweaksFSCache=Enabled
+UseCredentialManager=Enabled
+EnableSymlinks=Disabled
+EnableBuiltinInteractiveAdd=Disabled
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