Apple Mac OS X Server (early) Advanced Administration User Manual V10.6 Admin

2009-08-27

• Mac OS X Server Advanced Server Administration
  • Contents
  • Preface:  About This Guide
    • What’s in This Guide
    • Using Onscreen Help
    • Document Road Map
    • Viewing PDF Guides Onscreen
    • Printing PDF Guides
    • Getting Documentation Updates
    • Getting Additional Information
  • Chapter 1:  System Overview and Supported Standards
    • System Requirements for Installing Mac OS X Server v10.6
    • What’s New in Mac OS X Server v10.6
    • What’s New in Server Admin
    • Understanding Server Configuration Methods
    • Supported Standards
    • Mac OS X Server’s UNIX Heritage
  • Chapter 2:  Planning Server Usage
    • Determining Your Server Needs
    • Determining Whether to Upgrade or Migrate
    • Setting Up a Planning Team
    • Identifying Servers to Set Up
    • Determining Services to Host on Each Server
    • Defining a Migration Strategy
    • Upgrading and Migrating from an Earlier Version of Mac OS X Server
    • Migrating from Windows
    • Defining an Integration Strategy
    • Defining Physical Infrastructure Requirements
    • Defining Server Setup Infrastructure Requirements
      • Making Sure Required Server Hardware Is Available
    • Minimizing the Need to Relocate Servers After Setup
    • Defining Backup and Restore Policies
      • Understanding Backup and Restore Policies
      • Understanding Backup Types
      • Understanding Backup Scheduling
      • Understanding Restores
      • Other Backup Policy Considerations
      • Command-Line Backup and Restoration Tools
      • Understanding Time Machine as a Server Backup Tool
  • Chapter 3:  Administration Tools
    • Server Admin
      • Opening and Authenticating in Server Admin
      • Server Admin Interface
      • Customizing the Server Admin Environment
    • Server Assistant
    • Server Preferences
    • Workgroup Manager
      • Workgroup Manager Interface
      • Customizing the Workgroup Manager Environment
    • Server Monitor
    • iCal Service Utility
      • iCal Service Utility Interface
    • System Image Management
    • Media Streaming Management
    • Command-Line Tools
    • Server Status Widget
    • RAID Admin
    • Podcast Capture, Composer, and Producer
    • Xgrid Admin
    • Apple Remote Desktop
  • Chapter 4:  Enhancing Security
    • About Physical Security
    • About Network Security
      • Firewalls and Packet Filters
      • Network DMZ
      • VLANs
      • MAC Filtering
      • Transport Encryption
      • Payload Encryption
    • About File Security
      • File and Folder Permissions
      • About File Encryption
      • Secure Delete
    • About Authentication and Authorization
      • Single Sign-On
    • About Certificates, SSL, and Public Key Infrastructure
      • Public and Private Keys
      • Certificates
      • About Certificate Authorities (CAs)
      • About Identities
      • About Self-Signed Certificates
      • About Intermediate Trust
    • Certificate Manager in Server Admin
    • Readying Certificates
      • Creating a Self-Signed Certificate
      • Requesting a Certificate from a Certificate Authority
      • Creating a Certificate Authority
      • Using a CA to Create a Certificate for Someone Else
      • Importing a Certificate Identity
    • Managing Certificates
      • Editing a Certificate
      • Distributing a CA Public Certificate to Clients
      • Deleting a Certificate
      • Renewing an Expiring Certificate
      • Replacing an Existing Certificate
    • Using Certificates
    • SSH and SSH Keys
      • Key-Based SSH Login
      • Generating a Key Pair for SSH
    • Administration Level Security
    • Setting Administration Level Privileges
    • Service Level Security
      • Setting SACL Permissions
    • Security Best Practices
    • Password Guidelines
    • Creating Complex Passwords
  • Chapter 5:  Installation and Deployment
    • Installation Overview
    • System Requirements for Installing Mac OS X Server
    • Hardware-Specific Instructions for Installing Mac OS X Server
    • Gathering the Information You Need
    • Setting Up Network Services
      • Connecting to the Directory During Installation
      • SSH During Installation
    • About the Server Install Disc
    • Preparing an Administrator Computer
    • About Starting Up for Installation
    • Before Starting Up
    • Starting Up from the Install DVD
    • Starting Up from an Alternate Partition
    • Remotely Accessing the Install DVD
      • About Server Serial Numbers for Default Installation Passwords
      • Identifying Remote Servers When Installing Mac OS X Server
    • Starting Up from a NetBoot Environment
    • Preparing Disks for Installing Mac OS X Server
      • Choosing a File System
    • Installing Server Software Interactively
    • Installing Locally from the Installation Disc
    • Installing Remotely with Server Assistant
    • Installing Remotely with Screen Sharing and VNC
    • Changing a Remote Computer’s Startup Disk
    • Using the installer Command-Line Tool to Install Server Software
    • Installing Multiple Servers
    • Upgrading a Computer from Mac OS X to Mac OS X Server
    • How to Keep Current
  • Chapter 6:  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
      • Not Changing Directory Usage When Upgrading
      • Setting Up a Server as a Standalone Server
      • Binding a Server to Multiple Directory Servers
    • Setting up Servers Interactively
    • Using Automatic Server Setup
      • Creating and Saving Setup Data
      • Using Encryption with Setup Data Files
      • How a Server Searches for Saved Setup Data Files
      • Setting Up Servers Automatically Using Data Saved in a File
      • Setting a Mac OS X Server Serial Number from the Command Line
    • Handling Setup Errors
    • Setting Up Services
      • Adding Services to the Server View
      • Setting Up Open Directory
      • Setting Up User Management
      • Setting Up All Other Services
  • Chapter 7:  Ongoing System Management
    • Computers You Can Use to Administer a Server
      • Setting Up an Administrator Computer
      • Using a Non-Mac OS X Computer for Administration
    • Using the Administration Tools
    • Working with Pre-v10.6 Computers from v10.6 Servers
    • Ports Used for Administration
    • Ports Open By Default
    • Server Admin Basics
      • Adding and Removing Servers in Server Admin
      • Grouping Servers Manually
      • Grouping Servers Using Smart Groups
    • Working with Settings for a Specific Server
    • Understanding Changes to the Server IP Address or Network Identity
      • Understanding Mac OS X Server Names
      • Understanding IP Address or Network Identity Changes on Infrastructure Services
      • Understanding IP Address or Network Identity Changes on Web and Wiki Services
      • Understanding IP Address or Network Identity Changes on File Services
      • Understanding IP Address or Network Identity Changes on Mail Services
      • Understanding IP Address or Network Identity Changes on Collaboration Services
      • Understanding IP Address or Network Identity Changes on Podcast Producer
      • Understanding IP Address or Network Identity Changes on Other Services
      • Changing the IP Address of a Server
      • Changing the Server’s DNS Name After Setup
      • Changing the Server’s Computer Name and the Local Hostname
    • Administering Services
      • Adding and Removing Services in Server Admin
      • Importing and Exporting Service Settings
      • Controlling Access to Services
      • Using SSL for Remote Server Administration
      • Managing Sharing
    • Tiered Administration Permissions
      • Defining Administrative Permissions
    • Workgroup Manager Basics
      • Opening and Authenticating in Workgroup Manager
    • Administering Accounts
      • Working with Users and Groups
      • Defining Managed Preferences
      • Working with Directory Data
      • Customizing the Workgroup Manager Environment
    • Service Configuration Assistants
    • Critical Configuration and Data Files
    • Improving Service Availability
      • Eliminating Single Points of Failure
      • Using Xserve for High Availability
      • Using Backup Power
    • Setting Up Your Server for Automatic Restart
      • Ensuring Proper Operational Conditions
      • Providing Open Directory Replication
    • Link Aggregation
      • About the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
      • Link Aggregation Scenarios
      • Setting Up Link Aggregation in Mac OS X Server
      • Monitoring Link Aggregation Status
    • Load Balancing
    • Daemon Overview
      • Viewing Running Daemons
      • Using launchd for Daemon Control
  • Chapter 8:  Monitoring Your System
    • Planning a Monitoring Policy
    • Planning Monitoring Response
    • Using with Server Status Widget
    • Using Server Monitor
    • Using RAID Admin for Server Monitoring
    • Using Console for Server Monitoring
    • Using Disk Monitoring Tools
    • Using Network Monitoring Tools
    • Using Server Status Notification in Server Admin
    • Monitoring Server Status Overviews Using Server Admin
    • Using Remote Kernel Core Dumps
      • Setting Up a Core Dump Server
      • Setting Up a Core Dump Client
      • Configuring Common Core Dump Options
    • About Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
      • Enabling SNMP reporting
      • Configuring snmpd
      • Additional Information about SNMP
      • Tools to Use with SNMP
    • About Notification and Event Monitoring Daemons
    • Logging
      • Syslog
      • Directory Service Debug Logging
      • Open Directory Logging
      • AFP Logging
    • Additional Monitoring Aids
  • Chapter 9:  Push Notification Server
    • About Push Notification Server
    • Starting and Stopping Push Notification
    • Changing a Service’s Push Notification Server
  • Index