Installing Nginx in Mac OS X Maverick With Homebrew

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 nginx

sudo 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!