Installing Nginx in Mac OS X Mountain Lion With Homebrew

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

1	$ brew install nginx

　　After install run:

1	$ 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
Changing the default port
　　The nginx default port is 8080, we shall change it to 80. First stop the nginx server if it is running by:

1	$ sudo nginx -s stop

　　Then open nginx.conf with:

1	$ vim /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

　　and change the:
　　/usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

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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:
　　/usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

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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

1	$ 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
　　Note: change 1.2.3 to your nginx version.
　　The defualt path configuration:
　　/usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

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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 let say Users/xajler/www:
　　/usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

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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