Mac comes with Apache service and occupies 80 ports. If you need to use Nginx, you need to disable Apache and install Nginx yourself.
1. Disable the built-in Apache
1. Close Apache
sudo apachectl -k stop
If the following error occurs:
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using . Set the ‘ServerName’ directive globally to suppress this message
(1) Open the apache configuration directory:
vim /etc/apache2/
(2) Search: #ServerName:80
Add one line ServerName localhost:80
(3) Restart Apache
sudo apachectl restart
(4) Close Apache
sudo apachectl -k stop
2. Prohibit Apache self-start
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
2. Use Homebrew to install Nginx
When installing Nginx using Homebrew on macOS, the default installation directory for Nginx is usually/usr/local/Cellar/nginx/. The specific installation path can be viewed through the following command:
brew --prefix nginx
1. Nginx configuration files and directories
After installation, the main configuration files and directories of Nginx are usually located at the following locations:
-
Main configuration file：
/usr/local/etc/nginx/ -
Site configuration file：
/usr/local/etc/nginx/servers/ -
Log files：
/usr/local/var/log/nginx/ -
HTML files：
/usr/local/var/www/
2. Install Nginx
Install Nginx using Homebrew:
brew install nginx
3. Start and manage Nginx
After the installation is complete, you can start, stop and restart Nginx using the following commands:
# Start Nginxbrew services start nginx # Stop Nginxbrew services stop nginx # Restart Nginxbrew services restart nginx
4. Configure Nginx
You can edit Nginx's main configuration file/usr/local/etc/nginx/, or in/usr/local/etc/nginx/servers/Add a new site configuration file to the directory.
For example, create a new site configuration file/usr/local/etc/nginx/servers/：
server {
listen 80;
server_name ;
# Redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS, if necessary, force https to enable this item # return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
}
server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name ;
ssl_certificate /usr/local/etc/nginx/certs/;
ssl_certificate_key /usr/local/etc/nginx/certs/;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
}5. Verify the configuration and restart Nginx
(1) Verify whether the Nginx configuration is correct (if you are not sure whether the configuration is correct, this command is very effective):
nginx -t
(2) If the configuration is correct, restart Nginx to apply the changes:
brew services restart nginx
3. Generate ssl/self-signed certificate
Open the command line tool in the folder you specified
# x509 Generate a self-signed root certificate based on existing certificate requests# -days Set the valid number of days for the certificate# rsa:2048 Modern SSL/TLS configurations usually require a key of at least 2048 bitsopenssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout -x509 -days 365 -out
Country Name (2 letter code) [Country]:CN
State or Province Name (full name) [Province]:Beijing
Locality Name (eg, city) [City]:Beijing
Organization Name (eg, company) [Organization/Company]:test
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) [Department/Unit]:test
Common Name (eg, fully qualified host name) [Domain name]:
Email Address [Email]:test@
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