Setting up Pow & MAMP Nicely

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Step 1:

touch ~/.powconfig
echo 'export POW_DOMAINS=rails' >> ~/.powconfig
echo 'export POW_DST_PORT=88' >> ~/.powconfig

Then reinstall / install Pow, and then load up MAMP, add a new VHost, doesn't matter what you call it at all or where to put as the destination, go into the "Advanced" tab and under "Customised Virtual Host General Settings" add this:

ServerName pow
ServerAlias *.rails

ProxyPass / http://localhost:20559/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:20559/
ProxyPreserveHost On
If you restart, you should find going to myrailsapp.rails works, and that going to myphpvhostapp.dev also works.

The downside is that if you don't have MAMP running you have to go to myrailsapp.rails:88 to get at the rails app but for me that's a price worth paying.

Now Pow will use *.rails, MAMP uses whatever you like.