after hours of pissing around on the mac...gave up..so got this configured how i wanted in VS2015 now to see if it works on the mac

src/Ocelot/Properties/launchSettings.json

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+{
+  "iisSettings": {
+    "windowsAuthentication": false,
+    "anonymousAuthentication": true,
+    "iisExpress": {
+      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:1798/",
+      "sslPort": 0
+    }
+  },
+  "profiles": {
+    "IIS Express": {
+      "commandName": "IISExpress",
+      "launchBrowser": true,
+      "launchUrl": "api/values",
+      "environmentVariables": {
+        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
+      }
+    },
+    "Ocelot": {
+      "commandName": "Project",
+      "launchBrowser": true,
+      "launchUrl": "http://localhost:5000/api/values",
+      "environmentVariables": {
+        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}