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This page describes the installation of Passenger through the following operating system or installation method: Mac OS X. Not the configuration you are looking for? Go back to the operating system / installation method selection menu.
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NGINX is one of the most popular web server suites deployed across the internet. It's efficient, versatile, and works well on pretty much any Linux distribution. Whether you need a local server for testing, or want to host a website for the masses, NGINX is easy to set up. It can also be used as a reverse proxy server.

  1. $ brew install nginx Once the installation is complete, the next job would be to configure auto-start for NGINX. As we would be running the application in the default HTTP port 80, we would require root privileges (Privileged ports.
  2. NGINX is one of the most popular web server suites deployed across the internet. It's efficient, versatile, and works well on pretty much any Linux distribution.Whether you need a local server for testing, or want to host a website for the masses, NGINX is easy to set up.
  3. Homebrew is the painless way to install required packages on your Mac. For instance, we can install PostgreSQL, Python, PHP, Bash, Nginx, Apache, and much more using brew command. This page explains how to install and use Homebrew on the macOS system to get missing packages.

Step 1: install Passenger package

You can install Passenger through Homebrew:

Not using Homebrew? Please go back to the operating system selection menu and choose 'Other' as operating system.

Step 2: enable the Passenger Nginx module and restart Nginx

Passenger is now installed, but it still needs to be enabled inside Nginx. Run brew info nginx --with-passenger and follow the instructions in the 'Caveats' section:

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When you are done following the instructions, restart Nginx:

Step 3: check installation

After installation, please validate the install by running sudo /usr/local/bin/passenger-config validate-install. For example:

All checks should pass. If any of the checks do not pass, please follow the suggestions on screen.

Finally, check whether Nginx has started the Passenger core processes. Run sudo /usr/local/bin/passenger-memory-stats. You should see Nginx processes as well as Passenger processes. For example:

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If you do not see any Nginx processes or Passenger processes, then you probably have some kind of installation problem or configuration problem. Please refer to the troubleshooting guide.

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