CentOS/RHEL Packages Repository

We have by far the largest RPM repository with dynamic stable NGINX modules and VMODs for Varnish 4.1 and 6.0 LTS. If you want to install nginx, Varnish and lots of useful modules for them, this is your one stop repository to get all performance related software.

Our repository supports CentOS (RHEL) 6, 7 and 8. It’s powered by a CDN, well maintained with recent stable NGINX and module versions. We have built it with stability and automation in mind.

The packages are built automatically within 24 hours of NGINX and each module’s official source releases! That means you always get the latest, most secure packages available for install.

RPM repository setup

A quick command for CentOS/RHEL will get you up and running with the repository:

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm

In order to be able to install packages from the repository, you have to activate subscription by following this link.
Why do you need activation, and more questions are answered in our mini-FAQ.

What you can install

The RPM repository supports:

CentOS/RHEL 6
CentOS/RHEL 7
CentOS/RHEL 8
Amazon Linux 2

For a list of what you can install for a given OS, have a look at repoviews. Example:

In a repoview, click a letter at the top right corner, to quickly find a package of interest.

NGINX and dynamic NGINX modules

We provide NGINX Extras which is the most complete collection of NGINX module packages (over 50 modules).
The repository is always up-to-date with recent NGINX web server version and separate packages for many useful dynamic NGINX modules.
That means you can install just the bare minimum NGINX, and extend it with any modules you need, without going through the hassle of compiling and maintaining fresh and secure module versions.

Sure enough, you don’t have to install all of the modules. E.g. to install NGINX with PageSpeed, ModSecurity and Brotli modules:

sudo yum install nginx-module-pagespeed nginx-module-security nginx-module-nbr

Even more, for those who like to live on the edge, we have nginx-mod drop-in replacement, which is basically an NGINX with latest OpenSSL compiled in and Cloudflare patches for improving performance further.

Varnish

Varnish 4.1 LTS

Varnish 4.1 and Varnish modules collection are available from our repository by default.

Package Name	Description
vmod-basicauth	Basic HTTP authentication
vmod-binlog	Writing binary log files from Varnish VCL scripts
vmod-dbrw	Database-driven rewrites
vmod-dict	Dictionary look-up
vmod-variable	Enhanced variable support for VCL
vmod-sql	SQL access for Varnish Cache
varnish-modules	Collection of: cookie, vsthrottle, header, saintmode, softpurge, tcp, var, xkey
varnish-agent

E.g. to install Varnish 4.1, varnish-modules and GeoIP 2 VMODs:

yum install varnish varnish-modules vmod-geoip2

Varnish 6.0 LTS

Varnish 6.0 LTS and vast array of VMODs for it are available in optional Varnish 6.0 repository.

Package Name	Description
vmod-basicauth	Basic HTTP authentication
vmod-binlog	Enhanced variable support for VCL scripts
vmod-dbrw	Database-driven rewrites
vmod-dict	Dictionary look-up
vmod-selector	Matching strings associated with backends, regexen and other strings
vmod-re2	Access the Google RE2 regular expression engine
vmod-sql	SQL access for Varnish Cache
vmod-tbf	Token bucket filtering
vmod-geoip2	GeoIP2
vmod-rfc6052	RFC6052
vmod-memcached	Access memcached servers from VCL
vmod-digest	libmhash support for Varnish VCL
vmod-xcounter	Custom Counters
vmod-geoip	GeoIP
vmod-curl	cURL bindings
vmod-querystring	Fine-grained control over a URL’s query-string
vmod-variable	Enhanced variable support for VCL scripts
varnish-modules	Collection of: cookie, vsthrottle, header, saintmode, softpurge, tcp, var, xkey

To install Varnish and modules, install main repo and yum-utils, then enable the optional repository e.g.:

yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm yum-utils
yum-config-manager --enable getpagespeed-extras-varnish60

Then you can install Varnish 6.0 and the VMODs you need, e.g.:

yum install varnish vmod-geoip2

Drop-in libraries

zlib high-performance library is available as a drop-in install to make your server faster
MozJPEG library can also be installed to improve the efficiency of JPEG encoding

Latest Monit

Monit is great for watching over your system’s services. We are building RPMs for the latest versions of Monit with all the great new features like IPv6 support.

Fail2ban

The Fail2ban 0.10 started supporting IPv6. That means it’s more useful on dual-stack machines. However, EPEL for CentOS/RedHat 7 only delivers the 0.9 older release which lacks on IPv6 support. We have repackaged the new 0.10 version.

Remote_syslog2

Papertrail‘s remote_syslog2 package is included in our repository for easy setup.

Changelogs

Install yum-plugin-changelog and you will be able to see the changelog of packages. E.g. to list 2 last changelog entries for nginx Brotli package, run:

yum changelog 2 nginx-module-nbr

Feedback and Build Requests

We continuously monitor GitHub for new nginx or Varnish modules. If you’ve authored a useful performance software – let us know about so we can build and package it 🙂