Installing Nginx in Mac OS
Install with brew
Use brew to install the nginx with command:brew install nginx
After install run:sudo nginx
Testing
Open Navigator it by going to URL:http://localhost:8080
Configuration
The default place of nginx.conf on Mac after installing with brew is:/usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Changing the default port (8080)
We shall change it to 80. First stop the nginx server if it is running by:sudo nginx -s stop
Update thanks @zue666, @pixel67 if apache is running must also stop sudo apachectl stop
Then open nginx.conf with (example vim):vim /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
and change the:server {
listen 8080;
server_name localhost;
#access_log logs/host.access.log main;
location / {
root html;
index index.html index.htm;
}
to:server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
#access_log logs/host.access.log main;
location / {
root html;
index index.html index.htm;
}
Save configuration and relaunch nginxsudo nginx
Testing
Open Navigator it by going to URL:http://localhost
Update: thanks @pablohenrique * ERROR 403 Forbidden - * dont worry, some other application is already using port 80. probably be skype.
1 Solution 1: Change Skype port in Skype > Preferences > advanced 2 Solution 2: No change server { listen to 80.
That means that nginx will use port 8080 instead of 80. To access it I would use this url http://localhost:8080.
Changing the path of defualt web location
he nginx html folder (brew install only) is by the defult in:/usr/local/Cellar/nginx/1.2.3/html
Note: change ** 1.2.3 ** to your nginx version.
The defualt path configuration:server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
#access_log logs/host.access.log main;
location / {
root html;
index index.html index.htm;
}
To let say Users/to/www:server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
#access_log logs/host.access.log main;
location / {
root /Users/to/www;
index index.html index.htm;
}
After change relaunch nginix server and nginx is now serving pages from your custom folder!
enjoy!