First install Nginx software:
$ brew install nginx
Edit Nginx config file
$ sudo emacs /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Example file:
worker_processes 1;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
'$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
'"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
sendfile on;
keepalive_timeout 65;
# Gzip Compression
gzip on;
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_vary on;
gzip_min_length 1000;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
proxy_cache_path /tmp/nginx/cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=STATIC:10m
inactive=24h max_size=1g;
# This is your Node.js service you are hiding behind Nginx.
# Edit name, ip and port to the correct one.
# In this example my service is called simple-blog and running on ip 127.0.0.1 and port 8080.
upstream simple-blog {
server 127.0.0.1:8080;
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
location / {
proxy_pass http://simple-blog;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_cache STATIC;
proxy_cache_valid 200 1d;
proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout invalid_header updating
http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
}
location /html {
root html;
index index.html index.htm;
}
# redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
#
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root html;
}
}
}
Start the Nginx server:
$ sudo nginx
Check if the server is running:
$ wget -s http://localhost/
Stop the Nginx server:
$ sudo nginx -s stop
Reload the Nginx config file:
$ sudo nginx -s reload