Unknown directive "lua_package_path" when trying to start nginx

Question

I am getting this when trying to start my nginx service

unknown directive "lua_package_path"

Can someone please help me understand what it is looking for? I have both lua-resty-openidc and lua-resty-hmac installed but I just don't know what to point this to.

Answer 1

There are now modules available for Nginx to enable lua/openresty functionality so for example you can install it on Debian (e.g. Ubuntu) based system:

sudo apt install libnginx-mod-http-lua

This should then provide lua/openresty functionality - provided your system includes the correct modules in the nginx.conf file - as happens on Ubuntu - i.e. it contains a line like this include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf; which should include a mod-http-lua.conf file containing:

load_module modules/ngx_http_lua_module.so;

Answer 2

My bad .. I didnt realise when you instll OpenResty you need to then start Openresty with service openresty start.

I was doing service nginx start