CVS pserver launchd item for OS X 10.4
Inspired by the recent excellent launchd overview on afp548, I needed to set up a CVS pserver on our new Tiger Xserve box, migrating from an old Linux server.
Category: Servers and Services
Bootable xrdiags CD
Have you ever wanted to run the Xserve Remote Diagnostics without setting up a netboot server? Well now you can. Full instructions can be found at the following web site. http://homepage.mac.com/javaist/xrdiags.html
Building 64-bit MySQL on Mac OS X (10.4)
You're most likely reading this because you're as sick as I am of seeingmalloc warnings when trying to start up MySQL in Mac OS X on your Xservewith 8GB of RAM and you've configured MySQL to use more than 4GB. If I've got 8GB of RAM, why can't I use more than 4GB in MySQL?
Mailman Admin Password Reset After Cyrus reconstruct -i
For those of you out there that use the mailman feature of OS X Server this is important. I have had to rebuild the Cyrus DB on more then one occasion. I don't often go into the mailman site to fix anything since it is the way I want it for now.
Custom Weblog Tiger Server
I did some tweaking of our default OSX server weblog. The files were buried but I found them, if you would like to do this they can be found in: Example: http://www.macprofessionals.com/weblog/…
Redirect http to https
A quick overview of doing redirects from non-ssl to ssl websites. Ed. Note: While you should be able to do this in the 10.4 web GUI, you were unable do this in earlier versions of OS X Server.
Backup Solutions, Volume 2
Read the latest installment, outlining some of the best software choices, techniques and practices for backing up your Mac OS X Server.
Using DNS in OS X Server to Block Ads
Right, we all hate ads, don't we? Good. Then if we could use the DNS built in to OS X server to block the ads from appearing on any client that uses that DNS server, it would be a good thing, wouldn't it?
IP Failover in OS X 10.3 Server
Stupid-simple high availablity server solutions using the built-in failover scripts in 10.3. OS X Server has had a variant of this system since 10.2, however few people have used it, or even realize it exists. Here's a walkthrough of how to provide an active/passive solution for web and MySQL services.
J2EE Deployment
How the ... do I keep JBoss happy? I'm having trouble finding troubleshooting information for the default JBoss installation on OS X Panther Server.