Apple Mac OS X Server Administration User Manual V10.5 2nd Ed
2008-04-24
User Manual: Apple Mac OS X Server Mac OS X Server v10.5 - Server Administration
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- Server Administration
- Contents
- About This Guide
- System Overview and SupportedStandards
- Planning
- Planning
- Setting Up a Planning Team
- Identifying the Servers You’ll Need to Set Up
- Determining Services to Host on Each Server
- Defining a Migration Strategy
- Defining an Integration Strategy
- Defining Physical Infrastructure Requirements
- Defining Server Setup Infrastructure Requirements
- Minimizing the Need to Relocate Servers After Setup
- Defining Backup and Restore Policies
- Administration Tools
- Security
- About Physical Security
- About Network Security
- About File Security
- About Authentication and Authorization
- About Certificates, SSL, and Public Key Infrastructure
- Certificate Manager in Server Admin
- Readying Certificates
- Managing Certificates
- Using Certificates
- SSH and SSH Keys
- Administration Level Security
- Service Level Security
- Security Best Practices
- Password Guidelines
- Installation and Deployment
- Installation Overview
- System Requirements for Installing MacOSXServer
- Gathering the Information You Need
- Preparing an Administrator Computer
- About The Server Installation Disc
- Setting Up Network Services
- Connecting to the Directory During Installation
- Installing Server Software on a Networked Computer
- About Starting Up for Installation
- Before Starting Up
- Remotely Accessing the Install DVD
- Preparing Disks for Installing MacOSX Server
- Installing Server Software Interactively
- Using the installer Command-Line Tool to Install Server Software
- Installing Multiple Servers
- How to Keep Current
- Initial Server Setup
- Information You Need
- Postponing Server Setup Following Installation
- Connecting to the Network During Initial Server Setup
- Configuring Servers with Multiple Ethernet Ports
- About Settings Established During Initial Server Setup
- Specifying Initial Open Directory Usage
- Using Interactive Server Setup
- Using Automatic Server Setup
- Creating and Saving Setup Data
- Setup Data Saved in a File
- Setup Data Saved in a Directory
- Keeping Backup Copies of Saved Setup Data
- Providing Setup Data Files to Servers
- How a Server Searches for Saved Setup Data
- Setting Up Servers Automatically Using Data Saved in a File
- Setting Up Servers Automatically Using Data Saved in a Directory
- Determining the Status of Setups
- Setting Up Services
- Adding Services to the Server View
- Setting Up Open Directory
- Setting Up User Management
- Setting Up File Services
- Setting Up Print Service
- Setting Up Web Service
- Setting Up Mail Service
- Setting Up Network Services
- Setting Up System Image and Software Update Services
- Setting Up Media Streaming and Broadcasting
- Setting Up Podcast Producer
- Setting Up WebObjects Service
- Setting Up iChat Service
- Setting Up iCal Service
- Management
- Ports Used for Administration
- Ports Open By Default
- Computers You Can Use to Administer a Server
- Using the Administration Tools
- Opening and Authenticating in Server Admin
- Adding and Removing Servers in Server Admin
- Grouping Servers Manually
- Grouping Servers Using Smart Groups
- Working with Settings for a Specific Server
- Administering Services
- Tiered Administration Permissions
- Workgroup Manager Basics
- Administering Accounts
- Working With Pre-Version 10.5 Computers From Version 10.5 Servers
- Service Configuration Assistants
- Critical Configuration and Data Files
- Improving Service Availability
- Setting Up Your Server for Automatic Reboot
- Load Balancing
- Daemon Overview
- Monitoring
- Planning a Monitoring Policy
- Planning Monitoring Response
- Server Status Widget
- Server Monitor
- RAID Admin
- Console
- Disk Monitoring Tools
- Network Monitoring Tools
- Notification in Server Admin
- Monitoring Server Status Overviews Using Server Admin
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
- Notification and Event Monitoring Daemons
- Logging
- Additional Monitoring Aids
- Sample Setup
- MacOSX Server Advanced Worksheet
- Glossary
- Index