On Debian Buster the file to edit is: /usr/share/modsecurity-crs/rules/REQUEST-901-INITIALIZATION.conf search for: `setvar:'tx.allowed_methods=` roughly line 163... edit the line so that it includes the methods you need accept eg: setvar:'tx.allowed_methods=DELETE GET HEAD POST PUT OPTIONS'" save the file then restart apache: service apache2 restart acn you are done!