load_module with "./configure ... --modules-path=<path> ..."

[Sergey A. Osokin]

Hi Fabiano,

hope you're doing well.

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 06:40:21PM -0300, Fabiano Furtado Pessoa Coelho wrote:
> 
> I have compiled NGINX 1.24.0 with "./configure ... --modules-path=<path> ...".

The --modules-patch=<path> configure option defines a directory where
nginx dynamic modules will be installed, [1].

> Therefore, the "load_module" directive is not reading the path/config
> specified in "--modules-path" parameter.

The load_module directive, [2] utilizes a value of the --prefix configure
option, [1] as a relative path to the modules directory.  An authentic
package on a linux operating system creates a symlink with the source
/usr/lib/nginx/modules directory and the /etc/nginx/modules target.
In that case it's easy to use

load_module modules/ngx_http_module_1.so;

to load a dynamic module.

References
1. https://nginx.org/en/docs/configure.html
2. https://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#load_module

Thank you.

-- 
Sergey A. Osokin