devwork-g · December 28, 2018 19:33 · Jan 22, 2015 · Jun 27, 2013 · Jun 27, 2013
diff --git a/Setting up Nginx on Your Local System.md b/Setting up Nginx on Your Local System.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The first thing to do, if you're on a Mac, is to install homebrew from http://mx
 The command to type into terminal to install homebrew is:
 
 ````
-ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
+ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
 ````
 
 Following the installation of homebrew, type

diff --git a/Setting up Nginx on Your Local System.md b/Setting up Nginx on Your Local System.md
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ server {
 ```
 
 ### Breaking Down a Server Configuration
-#listen
+####listen
 The port number you want nginx to listen on for this site
 
-#server_name
+####server_name
 Points to a domain configured in your Mac OSX host file (note: be sure to edit with "sudo", as super user):
 ````
 > sudo vim /private/etc/hosts
@@ -130,5 +130,5 @@ Points to a domain configured in your Mac OSX host file (note: be sure to edit w
 # mywebsite
 127.0.0.1 mywebsite.local.com
 ````
-#location
+####location
 Sets up a route and describes where it should point. The root sub-attribute should be a path from / (root) to your project on your local machine.
diff --git a/Setting up Nginx on Your Local System.md b/Setting up Nginx on Your Local System.md
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+#Setting up Nginx on Your Local System
+###by Keith Rosenberg
+
+##Step 1 - Homebrew
+The first thing to do, if you're on a Mac, is to install homebrew from http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/
+
+The command to type into terminal to install homebrew is:
+
+````
+ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
+````
+
+Following the installation of homebrew, type
+
+````
+brew cleanup
+`````
+and then 
+````
+brew doctor
+`````
+
+Running brew doctor will inform you if you have any problems with your install or your machine in general. If you run into troubles, Stack Overflow is your best friend.
+
+#### But I'm on Windows
+I can't help you :'(
+
+##Step 2 - nginx
+With homebrew installed, you can run (note: without sudo - do not run 'sudo brew' - it's evil)
+
+````
+brew install nginx
+````
+
+directly following install, run
+
+````
+sudo nginx
+````
+
+this will start nginx on port 8080. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8080
+
+If this works, run
+
+````
+sudo nginx -s stop
+````
+
+to stop nginx.
+
+##Step 3 - Set up nginx.conf
+Your nginx.conf file lives at 
+
+````
+/usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+````
+
+The absolute first thing you should do is make a backup copy of this file in case you royally destroy everything:
+
+````
+mv /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf.bak && cp /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf.bak /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+````
+
+you now have a fresh copy of the nginx.conf file to bastardize, and a backup copy in case you get in too deep.
+
+##Step 4 - Modularizing Nginx for Serving Multiple Local Websites
+The last thing you want to do is create a directory where you can store individual site nginx.conf files. At the bottom of your nginx.conf file, before your last closing bracket, you should include the following line:
+
+````nginx
+http {
+  # ... ...
+  # ... ... nginx stuff
+  # ... ...
+  
+  # include all server conf files
+  include conf.d/*.conf;
+}
+````
+
+Then, make a conf.d directory in your nginx folder:
+
+````
+mkdir /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d
+````
+
+and now whenever you create a new server, just place them into your conf.d directory:
+
+````
+vim /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/myWebSite.conf
+````
+
+you can then put a specific server config into that file like so:
+
+```
+server {
+    listen       8080;
+    server_name  mywebsite.local.com;
+
+    location / {
+        root   /Users/myusername/Desktop/Projects/mywebsite/public/;
+        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;
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### Breaking Down a Server Configuration
+#listen
+The port number you want nginx to listen on for this site
+
+#server_name
+Points to a domain configured in your Mac OSX host file (note: be sure to edit with "sudo", as super user):
+````
+> sudo vim /private/etc/hosts
+
+##
+# Host Database
+#
+# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
+# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
+##
+
+127.0.0.1 localhost
+
+# mywebsite
+127.0.0.1 mywebsite.local.com
+````
+#location
+Sets up a route and describes where it should point. The root sub-attribute should be a path from / (root) to your project on your local machine.