nginx server blocks?

Question

Nginx

Previously, for development, I deployed nginx to windows in nginx.conf I wrote: server_name site.local
And in the windows hosts file I wrote:
127.0.0.1 site.local
After which I could go to site.local
Recently I decided to switch to a unix-like system (mac os) and I wonder how to do something similar there, or can everything be solved at the nginx level?

Answer 1

just like on Windows.
the host file is in /etc.

Answer 2

Unix already has a localhost entry. And it's more correct to add 127.0.1.1 (etc.) to hosts. Including in windows. Localhost may be needed by other programs or the system.