Control dnsmasq, nginx and php with brew services?

[butaminas]

Clear description of your problem

Installed valet with valet install under MacOS Big Sur 11.6 (20G165) Intel.
It installed successfully and configured dnsmasq ,nginx, php - everything is working fine.
However, even after starting valet, these services remain stopped under brew services and can't be started or stopped using brew itself.
Note: Valet itself is working fine I just want to manage these services with DBngin app or with brew services start/stop command if possible.

Expected behavior

After starting valet, dnsmasq ,nginx, php should be running in brew services and it should be possible to start / stop these services with brew.
If Valet is stopped, running brew services start nginx/dnsmasq/php should start these services same way valet start does.

Current behavior

It always shows stopped and if I start e.g. nginx with brew services start nginx the status of this service is error.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install Laravel Valet on MacOS Big Sur
2. Try starting or stopping any of these services using brew: dnsmasq ,nginx, php

Diagnosis

<details>
<summary>sw_vers</summary>
<pre>ProductName:	macOS
ProductVersion:	11.6
BuildVersion:	20G165</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>valet --version</summary>
<pre>Laravel Valet 2.16.0</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>cat ~/.config/valet/config.json</summary>
<pre>{
    "domain": "test",
    "paths": [
        "/Users/mindaugas/.config/valet/Sites"
    ],
    "tld": "test",
    "loopback": "127.0.0.1"
}</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>cat ~/.composer/composer.json</summary>
<pre>{
    "require": {
        "laravel/valet": "^2.16"
    }
}</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>composer global diagnose</summary>
<pre>Changed current directory to /Users/mindaugas/.composer
Checking composer.json: WARNING
No license specified, it is recommended to do so. For closed-source software you may use "proprietary" as license.
Checking platform settings: OK
Checking git settings: OK
Checking http connectivity to packagist: OK
Checking https connectivity to packagist: OK
Checking github.com rate limit: OK
Checking disk free space: OK
Checking pubkeys: FAIL
Missing pubkey for tags verification
Missing pubkey for dev verification
Run composer self-update --update-keys to set them up
Checking composer version: OK
Composer version: 2.1.9
PHP version: 8.0.11
PHP binary path: /usr/local/Cellar/php/8.0.11/bin/php
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.1.1l  24 Aug 2021
cURL version: 7.79.1 libz 1.2.11 ssl (SecureTransport) OpenSSL/1.1.1l
zip: extension present, unzip present, 7-Zip not available</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>composer global outdated</summary>
<pre>Changed current directory to /Users/mindaugas/.composer
Legend:
! patch or minor release available - update recommended
~ major release available - update possible
psr/container 1.1.1 ~ 2.0.1 Common Container Interface (PHP FIG PSR-11)</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>ls -al /etc/sudoers.d/</summary>
<pre>total 16
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  wheel   128 Oct 11 14:13 .
drwxr-xr-x  86 root  wheel  2752 Oct 11 14:01 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    80 Oct 11 14:13 brew
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    83 Oct 11 14:13 valet</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>brew config</summary>
<pre>HOMEBREW_VERSION: 3.2.15
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 92749f9c5243691f8e576aa1227cb9ebba509cd4
Last commit: 6 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 551ffe686c61ebaed1fe8c002f728048ac47ec25
Core tap last commit: 2 hours ago
Core tap branch: master
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 12
Homebrew Ruby: 2.6.3 => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/bin/ruby
CPU: dodeca-core 64-bit kabylake
Clang: 13.0.0 build 1300
Git: 2.30.1 => /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/git
Curl: 7.64.1 => /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/shared/curl
macOS: 11.6-x86_64
CLT: 13.0.0.0.1.1630607135
Xcode: 13.0</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>brew services list</summary>
<pre>Name    Status  User Plist
dnsmasq stopped      
nginx   stopped      
php     stopped</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>brew list --formula --versions | grep -E "(php|nginx|dnsmasq|mariadb|mysql|mailhog|openssl)(@\d\..*)?\s"</summary>
<pre>dnsmasq 2.86
nginx 1.21.3
openssl@1.1 1.1.1l_1
php 8.0.11</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>brew outdated</summary>
<pre></pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>brew tap</summary>
<pre>henkrehorst/php
homebrew/cask
homebrew/core
homebrew/services
shivammathur/php</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>php -v</summary>
<pre>PHP 8.0.11 (cli) (built: Sep 26 2021 20:58:36) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.11, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.0.11, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>which -a php</summary>
<pre>/usr/local/bin/php
/usr/bin/php</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>php --ini</summary>
<pre>Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /usr/local/etc/php/8.0
Loaded Configuration File:         /usr/local/etc/php/8.0/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /usr/local/etc/php/8.0/conf.d
Additional .ini files parsed:      /usr/local/etc/php/8.0/conf.d/error_log.ini,
/usr/local/etc/php/8.0/conf.d/ext-opcache.ini,
/usr/local/etc/php/8.0/conf.d/php-memory-limits.ini</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>nginx -v</summary>
<pre>nginx version: nginx/1.21.3</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>curl --version</summary>
<pre>curl 7.64.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin20.0) libcurl/7.64.1 (SecureTransport) LibreSSL/2.8.3 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.41.0
Release-Date: 2019-03-27
Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher http https imap imaps ldap ldaps pop3 pop3s rtsp smb smbs smtp smtps telnet tftp 
Features: AsynchDNS GSS-API HTTP2 HTTPS-proxy IPv6 Kerberos Largefile libz MultiSSL NTLM NTLM_WB SPNEGO SSL UnixSockets</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>php --ri curl</summary>
<pre>curl

cURL support => enabled
cURL Information => 7.79.1
Age => 9
Features
AsynchDNS => Yes
CharConv => No
Debug => No
GSS-Negotiate => No
IDN => Yes
IPv6 => Yes
krb4 => No
Largefile => Yes
libz => Yes
NTLM => Yes
NTLMWB => Yes
SPNEGO => Yes
SSL => Yes
SSPI => No
TLS-SRP => Yes
HTTP2 => Yes
GSSAPI => Yes
KERBEROS5 => Yes
UNIX_SOCKETS => Yes
PSL => No
HTTPS_PROXY => Yes
MULTI_SSL => Yes
BROTLI => Yes
Protocols => dict, file, ftp, ftps, gopher, gophers, http, https, imap, imaps, ldap, ldaps, mqtt, pop3, pop3s, rtmp, rtsp, scp, sftp, smb, smbs, smtp, smtps, telnet, tftp
Host => x86_64-apple-darwin20.6.0
SSL Version => (SecureTransport) OpenSSL/1.1.1l
ZLib Version => 1.2.11
libSSH Version => libssh2/1.10.0

Directive => Local Value => Master Value
curl.cainfo => no value => no value</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>~/.composer/vendor/laravel/valet/bin/ngrok version</summary>
<pre>ngrok version 2.3.40</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>ls -al ~/.ngrok2</summary>
<pre>ls: /Users/mindaugas/.ngrok2: No such file or directory</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>brew info nginx</summary>
<pre>nginx: stable 1.21.3 (bottled), HEAD
HTTP(S) server and reverse proxy, and IMAP/POP3 proxy server
https://nginx.org/
/usr/local/Cellar/nginx/1.21.3 (26 files, 2.2MB) *
  Poured from bottle on 2021-10-11 at 14:14:51
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/nginx.rb
License: BSD-2-Clause
==> Dependencies
Required: openssl@1.1, pcre
==> Options
--HEAD
	Install HEAD version
==> Caveats
Docroot is: /usr/local/var/www

The default port has been set in /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf to 8080 so that
nginx can run without sudo.

nginx will load all files in /usr/local/etc/nginx/servers/.

To start nginx:
  brew services start nginx
Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run:
  /usr/local/opt/nginx/bin/nginx -g 'daemon off;'
==> Analytics
install: 40,220 (30 days), 116,757 (90 days), 516,421 (365 days)
install-on-request: 40,094 (30 days), 116,465 (90 days), 514,162 (365 days)
build-error: 0 (30 days)</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>brew info php</summary>
<pre>php: stable 8.0.11 (bottled), HEAD
General-purpose scripting language
https://www.php.net/
/usr/local/Cellar/php/8.0.11 (500 files, 77.9MB) *
  Poured from bottle on 2021-10-11 at 14:14:05
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/php.rb
License: PHP-3.01
==> Dependencies
Build: httpd, pkg-config
Required: apr, apr-util, argon2, aspell, autoconf, curl, freetds, gd, gettext, glib, gmp, icu4c, krb5, libffi, libpq, libsodium, libzip, oniguruma, openldap, openssl@1.1, pcre2, sqlite, tidy-html5, unixodbc
==> Options
--HEAD
	Install HEAD version
==> Caveats
To enable PHP in Apache add the following to httpd.conf and restart Apache:
    LoadModule php_module /usr/local/opt/php/lib/httpd/modules/libphp.so

    <FilesMatch \.php$>
        SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
    </FilesMatch>

Finally, check DirectoryIndex includes index.php
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

The php.ini and php-fpm.ini file can be found in:
    /usr/local/etc/php/8.0/

To start php:
  brew services start php
Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run:
  /usr/local/opt/php/sbin/php-fpm --nodaemonize
==> Analytics
install: 48,504 (30 days), 149,392 (90 days), 621,561 (365 days)
install-on-request: 47,827 (30 days), 147,093 (90 days), 610,365 (365 days)
build-error: 0 (30 days)</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>brew info openssl</summary>
<pre>openssl@3: stable 3.0.0 (bottled) [keg-only]
Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit
https://openssl.org/
Not installed
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/openssl@3.rb
License: Apache-2.0
==> Dependencies
Required: ca-certificates
==> Caveats
A CA file has been bootstrapped using certificates from the system
keychain. To add additional certificates, place .pem files in
  /usr/local/etc/openssl@3/certs

and run
  /usr/local/opt/openssl@3/bin/c_rehash

openssl@3 is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because macOS provides LibreSSL.

==> Analytics
install: 53,373 (30 days), 53,386 (90 days), 53,392 (365 days)
install-on-request: 43,072 (30 days), 43,085 (90 days), 43,091 (365 days)
build-error: 0 (30 days)</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>openssl version -a</summary>
<pre>LibreSSL 2.8.3
built on: date not available
platform: information not available
options:  bn(64,64) rc4(16x,int) des(idx,cisc,16,int) blowfish(idx) 
compiler: information not available
OPENSSLDIR: "/private/etc/ssl"</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>openssl ciphers</summary>
<pre>ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:GOST2012256-GOST89-GOST89:DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA:GOST2001-GOST89-GOST89:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:AES256-SHA:CAMELLIA256-SHA256:CAMELLIA256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA128-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES128-SHA:CAMELLIA128-SHA256:CAMELLIA128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-RC4-SHA:RC4-SHA:RC4-MD5:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>sudo nginx -t</summary>
<pre>nginx: the configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>which -a php-fpm</summary>
<pre>/usr/sbin/php-fpm</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>/usr/local/opt/php/sbin/php-fpm -v</summary>
<pre>PHP 8.0.11 (fpm-fcgi) (built: Sep 26 2021 20:58:47)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.11, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.0.11, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>sudo /usr/local/opt/php/sbin/php-fpm -y /usr/local/etc/php/8.0/php-fpm.conf --test</summary>
<pre>[11-Oct-2021 14:29:49] NOTICE: configuration file /usr/local/etc/php/8.0/php-fpm.conf test is successful</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>ls -al ~/Library/LaunchAgents | grep homebrew</summary>
<pre></pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>ls -al /Library/LaunchAgents | grep homebrew</summary>
<pre></pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>ls -al /Library/LaunchDaemons | grep homebrew</summary>
<pre>-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin   593 Oct 11 14:15 homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin   484 Oct 11 14:15 homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin   577 Oct 11 14:15 homebrew.mxcl.php.plist</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>ls -al /Library/LaunchDaemons | grep "com.laravel.valet."</summary>
<pre></pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>ls -aln /etc/resolv.conf</summary>
<pre>lrwxr-xr-x  1 0  0  22 Jan  1  2020 /etc/resolv.conf -> ../var/run/resolv.conf</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>cat /etc/resolv.conf</summary>
<pre>#
# macOS Notice
#
# This file is not consulted for DNS hostname resolution, address
# resolution, or the DNS query routing mechanism used by most
# processes on this system.
#
# To view the DNS configuration used by this system, use:
#   scutil --dns
#
# SEE ALSO
#   dns-sd(1), scutil(8)
#
# This file is automatically generated.
#
nameserver 192.168.50.1</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>ifconfig lo0</summary>
<pre>lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
	options=1203<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TXSTATUS,SW_TIMESTAMP>
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
	nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD></pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>sh -c 'echo "------\n/usr/local/etc/nginx/valet/valet.conf\n---\n"; cat /usr/local/etc/nginx/valet/valet.conf | grep -n "# valet loopback"; echo "\n------\n"'</summary>
<pre>------
/usr/local/etc/nginx/valet/valet.conf
---

3:    #listen VALET_LOOPBACK:80; # valet loopback

------</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>sh -c 'for file in ~/.config/valet/dnsmasq.d/*; do echo "------\n~/.config/valet/dnsmasq.d/$(basename $file)\n---\n"; cat $file; echo "\n------\n"; done'</summary>
<pre>------
~/.config/valet/dnsmasq.d/tld-test.conf
---

address=/.test/127.0.0.1
listen-address=127.0.0.1

------</pre>
</details>
<details>
<summary>sh -c 'for file in ~/.config/valet/nginx/*; do echo "------\n~/.config/valet/nginx/$(basename $file)\n---\n"; cat $file | grep -n "# valet loopback"; echo "\n------\n"; done'</summary>
<pre>------
~/.config/valet/nginx/demo1.test
---

3:    #listen 127.0.0.1:80; # valet loopback
10:    #listen 127.0.0.1:443 ssl http2; # valet loopback
54:    #listen 127.0.0.1:60; # valet loopback

------</pre>
</details>

[alex-maxime]

Great idea, i have uninstalled valet because of this. php-fpm was constantly running in background and unsing a port i wanted to use, i was not able to stop it with brew service, and kill the process made it restart automatically... but when i need valet... i had to re-install all of it

[frankyonnetti]

Have you tried sudo brew services list or sudo brew services stop php? I believe Valet forces those services to run as root.

[alex-maxime]

Thank you, effectively , it is running as root.. and i can stop it wit sudo brew services stop php
but not good for me because i expect valet stop. to actually stop the service it has started.... and not have to stop other service... as root with sudo...

[liamseys]

@driesvints Is there already a solution for this? Without running it as root it shows as status 'none'.

[driesvints]

Atm I don't know of any major problems with running Valet. Valet uses sudo for a number of commands so it could indeed be that it only shows properly with sudo. So I don't see any issue here.

[liamseys]

I'm using DBngin, which tells me the services are offline.

[driesvints]

I can't help you with that sorry. We can't provide support for that specific tool.