Stop Nginx on Mac - Shell/Bash

This guide will provide a step-by-step process to stop Nginx on Mac using Shell/Bash commands.

Prerequisites

• A Mac computer with Nginx installed
• Basic knowledge of Shell/Bash commands

Steps

1. Open Terminal on your Mac by pressing Command+Space and typing Terminal.

2. Type sudo nginx -s stop and hit Enter.

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   sudo nginx -s stop
   

3. If Nginx was running, it will now be stopped. You can verify if Nginx has stopped by running the following command ps aux | grep nginx. If Nginx has stopped, you will not see any results from the ps aux command.

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   ps aux | grep nginx
   

4. (Optional) To ensure that Nginx does not start automatically on your Mac, you can use the launchctl unload command followed by the path to the Nginx plist file.

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   launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist
   

Congratulations! You have successfully stopped Nginx on your Mac using Shell/Bash commands.