Introduction
Nginx is a web server which can also be used as a HTTP cache, load balancer and reverse proxy. This was first created by Igor Sysoev and released in 2004 under the terms of BSD like license.
In this tutorial, we will learn the steps involved in the installation of Nginx on MacOS.
Prerequisites
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- MacOS
- Login as an administrator on terminal.
- Homebrew must be installed on the system.
Installation
The installation of Nginx on MacOS involved several steps described below:
1) Update the repository index of Homebrew
To install Nginx on MacOS, we first need to update the repository index of Homebrew Package installer. This can be done via brew update command.
2) Install Nginx
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The homebrew package installer installs Nginx web server on the MacOS. To install Nginx, the following commend will get executed:
This will install Nginx web server on the location /usr/local/Cellar. All the executable services with regards to starting and stopping Nginx are stored inside the bin folder of the installation directory.
The web server will listen by default on port number 8080. To start Nginx, either you execute Nginx or launch the service as shown in the image below.
To check whether Nginx is correctly installed on the computer, we may visit the localhost on the browser or get checked with the following command.
The browser will show something like following:
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Now we have confirmed that the Nginx is installed properly on our system. To stop the services of Nginx, we may use the following command:
Now, we have successfully installed Nginx on our MacOS.
Install with brew
Use brew to install the nginx with command:
After install run:
Testing
Open Navigator it by going to URL:
Configuration
The default place of nginx.conf on Mac after installing with brew is:
Changing the default port (8080)
We shall change it to 80. First stop the nginx server if it is running by:
Update thanks @zue666, @pixel67
if apache is running must also stop
sudo apachectl stop
if apache is running must also stop
sudo apachectl stop
Then open nginx.conf with (example vim):
and change the:
to:
Save configuration and relaunch nginx
Testing
Open Navigator it by going to URL:
Update: thanks @pablohenrique
* ERROR 403 Forbidden - *
dont worry, some other application is already using port 80. probably be skype.
* 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.
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.
http://localhost:8080.
Changing the path of defualt web location
he nginx html folder (brew install only) is by the defult in:
Note: change ** 1.2.3 ** to your nginx version.
The defualt path configuration:
To let say Users/to/www:
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After change relaunch nginix server and nginx is now serving pages from your custom folder!
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enjoy!