Please follow the procedure given below to install and configure mod_evasive in cPanel server with apache 2.2.
Download the latest source file from http://www.zdziarski.com
# cd /usr/local/src/ # wget /blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mod_evasive_1.10.1.tar.gz # tar -xvzf mod_evasive_1.10.1.tar.gz # cd mod_evasive/ # /usr/local/apache/bin/apxs -cia mod_evasive20.c
Now create a file named /usr/local/apache/conf/mod_evasive.conf and add the following lines
# cat /usr/local/apache/conf/mod_evasive.conf LoadModule evasive20_module modules/mod_evasive20.so <IfModule mod_evasive20.c> DOSHashTableSize 3097 DOSPageCount 2 DOSSiteCount 50 DOSPageInterval 1 DOSSiteInterval 1 DOSBlockingPeriod 10 </IfModule>
Now include the above file inside /usr/local/apache/conf/includes/pre_main_global.conf
Include "/usr/local/apache/conf/mod_evasive.conf"
Now rebuild httpd.conf
/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf
Now restart apache
/scripts/restartsrv httpd
