[BUG] Latest nginx is complaining about "lua_package_path" being unknown

[pedrom34]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

Nginx doesn't start.

Expected Behavior

Nginx starts.

Steps To Reproduce

If I change my image from 1.28.3 to latest, nginx doesn't start.

Environment

- OS:debian 13.6
- How docker service was installed: distro's packagemanager

CPU architecture

x86-64

Docker creation

Here's my docker-compose.yaml file:

services:
 # ======================================
 # ======== nginx, reverse proxy ========
 # ======================================
 nginx:
 image: lscr.io/linuxserver/nginx:1.28.3
 #image: lscr.io/linuxserver/nginx:latest
 container_name: nginx
 cap_add:
 - NET_ADMIN
 environment:
 - PUID=1000
 - PGID=1000
 - TZ=Europe/Paris
 - DOCKER_MODS=linuxserver/mods:swag-crowdsec|linuxserver/mods:nginx-proxy-confs
 - CROWDSEC_API_KEY=redacted
 - CROWDSEC_LAPI_URL=redacted
 volumes:
 - /opt/stacks/nginx-rp/config:/config
 networks:
 - nginx
 ports:
 - 80:80
 - 443:443
 labels:
 - redacted
 restart: unless-stopped
 # =======================================
 # ============ crowdsec, IPS ============
 # =======================================
 crowdsec:
 image: docker.io/crowdsecurity/crowdsec:latest
 container_name: crowdsec
 environment:
 - GID=1000
 - COLLECTIONS=crowdsecurity/http-cve crowdsecurity/whitelist-good-actors
 crowdsecurity/iptables crowdsecurity/linux crowdsecurity/nginx
 LePresidente/authelia LePresidente/adguardhome
 - CUSTOM_HOSTNAME=redacted
 ports:
 - 8080:8080
 volumes:
 - /opt/stacks/nginx-rp/crowdsec-vlib:/var/lib/crowdsec/data
 - /opt/stacks/nginx-rp/crowdsec:/etc/crowdsec
 - /opt/stacks/nginx-rp/config/log/nginx:/var/log/nginx:ro
 - /opt/stacks/nginx-rp/authelia/logs:/var/log/authelia:ro
 - /mnt/dietpi_userdata/adguardhome/logs:/var/log/adguardhome:ro
 networks:
 - nginx
 security_opt:
 - no-new-privileges=true
 restart: unless-stopped
 #=======================================
 #============ authelia, 2FA ============
 #=======================================
 authelia:
 image: authelia/authelia:latest
 container_name: authelia
 environment:
 - AUTHELIA_STORAGE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_FILE=/config/secrets/encryption
 - AUTHELIA_IDENTITY_VALIDATION_RESET_PASSWORD_JWT_SECRET_FILE=/config/secrets/jwt
 - AUTHELIA_STORAGE_MYSQL_PASSWORD_FILE=/config/secrets/mysql
 - AUTHELIA_NOTIFIER_SMTP_PASSWORD_FILE=/config/secrets/smtp
 - TZ=Europe/Paris
 volumes:
 - /opt/stacks/nginx-rp/authelia:/config
 networks:
 - nginx
 ports:
 - 9091:9091/tcp
 restart: unless-stopped
 # =======================================
 # == geoipupdate, ip blocking database ==
 # =======================================
 geoipupdate:
 container_name: geoipupdate
 image: maxmindinc/geoipupdate
 environment:
 - GEOIPUPDATE_ACCOUNT_ID=redacted
 - GEOIPUPDATE_LICENSE_KEY=redacted
 - GEOIPUPDATE_EDITION_IDS=GeoLite2-City GeoLite2-Country
 - GEOIPUPDATE_FREQUENCY=168
 - GEOIPUPDATE_PRESERVE_FILE_TIMES=1
 volumes:
 - /opt/stacks/nginx-rp/config/geoip2db:/usr/share/GeoIP
 networks:
 - nginx
 restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
 config: null
 crowdsec: null
 authelia: null
 geoip2db: null
networks:
 nginx: {}

Container logs

[mod-init] Running Docker Modification Logic
[mod-init] Adding linuxserver/mods:swag-crowdsec to container
[mod-init] Downloading linuxserver/mods:swag-crowdsec from lscr.io
[mod-init] Installing linuxserver/mods:swag-crowdsec
[mod-init] linuxserver/mods:swag-crowdsec applied to container
[mod-init] Adding linuxserver/mods:nginx-proxy-confs to container
[mod-init] Downloading linuxserver/mods:nginx-proxy-confs from lscr.io
[mod-init] Installing linuxserver/mods:nginx-proxy-confs
[mod-init] linuxserver/mods:nginx-proxy-confs applied to container
[migrations] started
[migrations] 01-nginx-site-confs-default: skipped
[migrations] done
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User GID: 1000
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Linuxserver.io version: 1.30.3-r0-ls366
Build-date: 2026-07-08T21:32:39+00:00
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using keys found in /config/keys
**** The following active confs have different version dates than the samples that are shipped. ****
**** This may be due to user customization or an update to the samples. ****
**** You should compare the following files to the samples in the same folder and update them. ****
**** Use the link at the top of the file to view the changelog. ****
┌────────────┬────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ old date │ new date │ path │
├────────────┼────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2026-03-07 │ 2025-07-18 │ /config/nginx/site-confs/default.conf │
│ 2025-05-31 │ 2025-12-26 │ /config/nginx/nginx.conf │
│ 2025-05-31 │ 2026-06-27 │ /config/nginx/ssl.conf │
└────────────┴────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
**** Configuring CrowdSec nginx Bouncer ****
**** Successfully configured CrowdSec nginx Bouncer ****
[pkg-install-init] **** Installing all mod packages ****
ERROR: unable to select packages:
 nginx-1.30.3-r0:
 conflicts: openresty-1.31.1.1-r0
 openresty-1.31.1.1-r0[cmd:nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 satisfies: world[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-brotli-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-dav-ext-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-echo-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-fancyindex-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-geoip-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-geoip2-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-headers-more-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-lua-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-perl-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-redis2-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-set-misc-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-upload-progress-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-mail-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-rtmp-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-stream-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-stream-geoip-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-stream-geoip2-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 openresty-mod-devel-kit-1.31.1.1-r0[cmd:nginx]
 openresty-mod-http-lua-1.31.1.1-r0[cmd:nginx]
 openresty-1.31.1.1-r0:
 conflicts: nginx-1.30.3-r0[nginx]
 nginx-1.30.3-r0[cmd:nginx=1.31.1.1-r0]
 breaks: world[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-brotli-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-dav-ext-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-echo-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-fancyindex-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-geoip-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-geoip2-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-headers-more-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-lua-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-perl-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-redis2-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-set-misc-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-upload-progress-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-mail-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-rtmp-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-stream-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-stream-geoip-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 nginx-mod-stream-geoip2-1.30.3-r0[nginx=1.30.3-r0]
 satisfies: openresty-mod-devel-kit-1.31.1.1-r0[cmd:nginx]
 openresty-mod-devel-kit-1.31.1.1-r0[openresty]
 openresty-mod-http-lua-1.31.1.1-r0[cmd:nginx]
 openresty-mod-http-lua-1.31.1.1-r0[openresty]
[custom-init] No custom files found, skipping...
[ls.io-init] done.
2026/07/13 12:36:57 [emerg] 709#709: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:36:58 [emerg] 749#749: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:36:59 [emerg] 754#754: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:00 [emerg] 759#759: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:01 [emerg] 764#764: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:02 [emerg] 769#769: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:03 [emerg] 774#774: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:04 [emerg] 779#779: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:05 [emerg] 784#784: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:06 [emerg] 789#789: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:07 [emerg] 794#794: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:08 [emerg] 799#799: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:09 [emerg] 804#804: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:10 [emerg] 809#809: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:11 [emerg] 814#814: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:12 [emerg] 819#819: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:13 [emerg] 824#824: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:14 [emerg] 829#829: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:15 [emerg] 834#834: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:16 [emerg] 839#839: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1
2026/07/13 12:37:17 [emerg] 844#844: unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /etc/nginx/http.d/crowdsec_nginx.conf:1

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[asaf400]

No response from @linuxserver maintainers?

Should we switch to SWAG image?
(I reverted)

Edit: also, nothing is mentioned in https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-nginx#versions

[j0nnymoe]

The bug is due to the lua package not being updated by it's maintainers when nginx release an update. It's all dependant on 3rd parties updating their packages in a timely manor. It's out side of our control.

It's the dependencies that are required by crowdsec that's breaking this, not the image being broken itself.

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