brew services says nginx is started..
MacBook-Pro-van-Youri:Homebrew youri$ brew services start nginx
Service `nginx` already started, use `brew services restart nginx` to restart.
Same for launchctl
MacBook-Pro-van-Youri:Homebrew youri$ launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist
/Users/youri/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist: service already loaded
My homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist
<?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>homebrew.mxcl.nginx</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<false/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/opt/nginx/bin/nginx</string>
<string>-g</string>
<string>daemon off;</string>
</array>
<key>WorkingDirectory</key>
<string>/usr/local</string>
</dict>
</plist>
brew services list says the following:
MacBook-Pro-van-Youri:LaunchAgents youri$ brew services list
Name Status User Plist
mariadb started youri /Users/youri/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mariadb.plist
nginx error youri /Users/youri/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist
php71 started youri /Users/youri/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.php71.plist
The syntax is oke:
MacBook-Pro-van-Youri:LaunchAgents youri$ plutil -lint homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist
homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist: OK
When i run sudo nginx
i can access my website
Because nginx is going to start at port 80, it needs to be root. LaunchAgents are run as non-root user when that user logs in. LaunchDaemons are loaded at boot as root user.
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist
Move the homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist
sudo mv ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/
Load the plist from the LaunchDaemons folder
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist
Now, sudo brew services list
shows a running nginx process
Name Status User Plist
nginx started root /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist
Running brew services list
without root will result in an error status, because you need to be root to read the status.