Pow is a Rack server for OS X. It’s quick and easy to use and lets you skip that whole update an Apache file, then edit /etc/hosts, ethane move a file, then run an app type of process. To get started with Pow, curl it down and pipe it to a shell, then provide the password when prompted to do so:
odr:~ charlesedge$ curl get.pow.cx | sh
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 9039 100 9039 0 0 10995 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 10996
*** Installing Pow 0.5.0...
*** Installing local configuration files...
/Users/charlesedge/Library/LaunchAgents/cx.pow.powd.plist
*** Installing system configuration files as root...
Password:
/Library/LaunchDaemons/cx.pow.firewall.plist
/etc/resolver/dev
*** Starting the Pow server...
*** Performing self-test...
*** Installed
For troubleshooting instructions, please see the Pow wiki:
https://github.com/basecamp/pow/wiki/Troubleshooting
To uninstall Pow, `curl get.pow.cx/uninstall.sh | sh`
To install an app into Pow, create a symlink to it using ln (assuming ~/.pow is your current working directory):
ln -s /path/to/myapp
Then just open the url, assuming my app is kryptedapp.com:
open http://kryptedapp.com
Pow can also use ~/Library/LaunchAgents/cx.pow.powd.plist to port proxy. This allows you to redirect different apps to different ports. When pow boots, it runs .powconfig, so there’s a lot you can do there, like export, etc. Once you’re done testing out pow, if you don’t decide it’s awesome, remove it with the following command:
curl get.pow.cx/uninstall.sh | sh
