Nginx Startup Script for Mac OS X

If you don't use MacPorts, and have a hard time finding a startup plist file for Nginx, and had trouble getting Nginx to startup with your custom plist file, this might be your solution:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>nginx</string>
    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx</string>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>NetworkState</key>
    <true/>
    <key>LaunchOnlyOnce</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Just save this as /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nginx.nginx.plist and perform the following in a bash session:

sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nginx.nginx.plist
sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nginx.nginx.plist
sudo launchctl start org.nginx.nginx

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org.nginx.nginx.plist

Comments

Mat

Example of brew plist for nginx 1.5: ------------------------------ Label org.nginx.nginx RunAtLoad KeepAlive UserName root ProgramArguments /usr/local/Cellar/nginx/1.0.5/sbin/nginx -g daemon off; WorkingDirectory /usr/local

Martin Stannard

Nice tip, thanks! One issue though, you spelt Daemons wrong a few times. Make copy/paste a bit confusing, cheers, Martin