学习笔记：Nginx

Installing Nginx in Mac OS X Mountain Lion With Homebrew

Install with brew

Use brew to install the nginx with command:
$ brew install nginx

After install run:
$ sudo nginx

Testing

Test 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

The nginx default port is 8080, we shall change it to 80. First stop the nginx server if it is running by:
$ sudo nginx -s stop

Then open nginx.conf with:
$ vim /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

and change the:

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server {
    listen       8080;
    server_name  localhost;
    #access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;
    location / {
        root   html;
        index  index.html index.htm;
    }

to:

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server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  localhost;
    #access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;
    location / {
        root   html;
        index  index.html index.htm;
    }

Save configuration and start nginx by:
$ sudo nginx

Changing the path of defualt web location

The nginx html folder (brew install only) is by the defult in:
/usr/local/Cellar/nginx/1.2.3/html

The defualt path configuration:

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server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  localhost;
    #access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;
    location / {
        root   html;
        index  index.html index.htm;
    }

to:

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server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  localhost;
    #access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;
    location / {
        root   /Users/xajler/www;
        index  index.html index.htm;
    }

After change stop and start nginix server and nginx is now serving pages from your custom folder!

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