As many probably already know, the iChat server introduced in 10.4 is based on Jabber and uses the XMPP protocol. This makes it possbible for the server to act not only as a standalone instant messaging server, but also as a gateway between many different protocols.
Part 3 of the series where we focus on DNS and mail. You can find Part 1 and Part 2 of this series which were published eariler.
Quicktime Streaming Server is not often talked about as one of the *big* features of OS X Server, but if you need to stream audio or video content it's hard to beat.
Keeping logs of all your traffic Although we've mentioned AWStats a number of times before, we've never really gotten into how to set it up. While this isn't exceptionally hard, it's nice to have someone go there before you if it's your first time out.
So a while ago we put together an article on tuning your AFP server for OS X Server. I'd been promising part #2 for a while, just to cover some odds and ends, but there has been a major development which made a lot of that work redundant, namely the release of the Universal version of OS X Server 10.4.7.
No article I could find on the web touches the "PostgreSQL-PAM" topic specifically for Mac OS X users, so I decided to put all the pieces together.
Port Trunking, Trunked Ethernet and Bonded Interfaces are some of the terms that get thrown around for what is more commonly known as 802.3ad.
BixData: Powerful easy to use monitoring BixData is a handy new tool for SysAdmins. It can monitor everything that your network and systems depend on. After a simple installation you can monitor network devices, HTTP, Web Services, Mail Servers, File Systems and Applications.
In part 1 of the series, I covered the reasons why you would want to separate a single server into multiple servers. Now we move on to the nitty-gritty: how do you actually accomplish the task? Goal: Set up a separate server in the DMZ that handles web serving and external mail transport.
PaperCut Software has just finished their first version of PaperCut NG for OS X Server. The Mac version has all the functionally of the Windows edition including, print quota, print monitoring, shared accounts, release station and rule based filtering of print jobs.
