034-2128.S4-GSCover 6/28/02 4:32 PM Page 1 Getting Started With Mac OS X Server Includes installation and setup information for Mac OS X Server version 10.
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Contents 1 Preface Getting Started 5 Setup Overview 5 For More Information 5 Setting Up Your Server 7 Server System Requirements 7 Overview of Installation and Setup Options 7 Installing the Server Software 8 Local Installation 8 Remote Installation 8 Using the Setup Assistants 9 What You Need to Know 10 Local Setup 10 Remote Setup 10 Moving the Server After Installing the Software Setting Up an Administrator Computer 11 Administrator System Requirements 11 Installing the Administrator Software 12 S
Setting Up User Work Environments 15 Setting Up Operating System Images for Client Computers Managing Your Server 15 Workgroup Manager 15 Server Settings 16 Server Status 16 Server Monitor 17 Macintosh Manager 18 Other Applications 18 2 Setup Example 15 19 Mac OS X Server in a Classroom 19 How to Set It Up 20 Step 1: Set up the network 20 Step 2: Install and set up the server software 20 Step 3: Set up the student information and authentication directory Step 4: Set up the server to host student home di
P R E F A C E Getting Started Welcome to Mac OS X Server version 10.2. This guide will help you install the software and get your server up and running quickly. Setup Overview 1 If you’re new to servers, you may want to review the setup example in Chapter 2 before you begin. 2 If you are currently using an older version of Mac OS X Server, AppleShare IP, or Macintosh Manager, and you want to retain your current server configuration, review Upgrading to Mac OS X Server.
m Mac OS X Server Administrator’s Guide: Provides detailed instructions for setting up and using Mac OS X Server and its services. A PDF version of this document is on the Mac OS X Server Admin Tools CD. m Upgrading to Mac OS X Server: Contains tips and instructions for retaining your current server configuration during setup. A PDF version of this document is available on the Web at www.apple.
C H A P T E R 1 1 Setting Up Your Server Follow the instructions in this chapter to install the Mac OS X Server software, configure your server using the setup assistants, and get basic services up and running.
m If the server has no display or keyboard, you can use an administrator computer to install and set up the server remotely. You can also install remotely on servers with displays. See “Remote Installation” on page 8 and “Remote Setup” on page 10. m If you are deploying servers to different locations, you can install the software and finish the first part of the setup with the servers in one convenient location, and then move them to their permanent locations and finish the setup process remotely.
To install Mac OS X Server remotely: 1 Insert the Mac OS X Server Installation CD into the server computer and start up the server from the CD. If the computer has a keyboard attached, hold down the C key while the computer restarts. If you are installing on an Xserve: a Press and hold the system identifier button while you press the power button. b Continue to hold the system identifier button until the system identifier light flashes and the CD tray opens.
What You Need to Know Before you run the Server Assistant, gather the following information. m The serial number (license key) for your copy of Mac OS X Server. Look on your CD envelope. m IP addresses for your server’s Ethernet ports. (If your server will be connected only to client computers and not to a larger network, you can use addresses in the private range 10.0.0.1 through 10.255.255.254.) m The subnet mask for the network. (If you are using the private 10.x.x.
2 Follow the onscreen instructions. If you don’t complete the setup immediately after restarting the remote server, you can rerun the assistant later. To rerun the assistant for a remote server: 1 On your administrator computer, open the Server Assistant. 2 On the assistant’s Welcome pane, choose “Create an administrator account and configure basic services.” 3 On the Remote Setup pane, select the server computer and type its password.
m m m m PowerBook iBook iMac eMac An administrator computer must have m Mac OS X 10.2 or Mac OS X Server version 10.2 m at least 128 MB of RAM m at least 1 GB of unused disk space Installing the Administrator Software The Mac OS X Server Admin Tools CD contains the software you need to remotely administer a server. To install the remote administration software: 1 Insert the Mac OS X Server Admin Tools CD in the computer you will use to manage your server (your “administrator computer”).
For more information on setting up user and group accounts, see Chapter 3, “Users and Groups,” in the Mac OS X Server Administrator’s Guide. Setting Up File Sharing When you turn on file sharing services, users can share items in selected folders. If you turned on Apple file service in the Server Assistant, server users can already share items by putting them in the Public folders in their home directories or by copying the items into the Drop Box folder inside another user’s Public folder.
If you have a USB PostScript printer attached to the server, it is ready to use. To add a network printer, continue with the next step. 3 Click Print and choose Show Print Monitor. 4 Click New Queue. 5 Choose a connection protocol and printer, then click Add. Users of Mac OS X computers can now add the printer using the Print Center. Mac OS 8 or Mac OS 9 users can do the same using the Chooser.
If you don’t have your own HTML files yet, you can still turn on the Web service to see how it works using the default start pages included with Mac OS X Server. 2 Open Server Settings and click the Internet tab. 3 Click Web and choose Start Web Service. For more information on setting up Web service, see Chapter 8, “Web Service,” in the Mac OS X Server Administrator’s Guide. Setting Up User Work Environments Your server can provide users with customized desktop environments.
m To work with share points, click the Sharing icon in the toolbar. See Chapter 4, “Sharing,” in the Mac OS X Server Administrator’s Guide for instructions. m To work with accounts in different directory domains at the same time, open multiple Workgroup Manager windows by choosing the New Workgroup Manager Window command from the Server menu. m To open Server Status so you can monitor the status of a particular server, click the Status icon in the toolbar.
m To add a server to the Devices & Services list, choose the Connect command from the Server menu and log in to the server. The next time you open Server Status, servers you have added are displayed in the Devices & Services list and can be monitored again by clicking them in the list. (If a server is gray in the list, double-click it and log in again.
m Server Monitor keeps logs of Server Monitor activity for each server. You can also use Server Monitor to get an Apple System Profiler report on a remote server. Macintosh Manager Use Macintosh Manager to manage user work environments on Mac OS 8 and 9 clients. To open Macintosh Manager: m Click its icon in the Dock or look in /Applications/Utilities. For more information, see Chapter 10, “Client Management: Mac OS 9 and OS 8,” in the Mac OS X Server Administrator’s Guide.
C H A P T E R 2 2 Setup Example If you’re not sure how to set up your server, you might find it useful to review the simple setup example in this chapter. Mac OS X Server in a Classroom This example shows how a teacher might set up Mac OS X Server in a classroom to provide services such as server-based home directories, file and printer sharing, and basic client management.
m Student computers, the teacher’s computer, the shared printer, and the server are connected to a single hub or switch. m There are no external network or Internet connections. m Student home directories are stored on the server. m The teacher uses shared folders on the server to distribute assignment materials. m Students use shared folders on the server to submit completed assignments. m Students share an AppleTalk network printer.
2 When the installer is finished and you restart the server, the Server Assistant opens. On the assistant’s Administrator pane, enter an administrator name and password you can remember. You’ll need these to make changes to the server. 3 On the Global TCP/IP & AppleTalk pane, enter the same name for both the server’s host name and computer name. The server in this example doesn’t rely on Domain Name System (DNS) services, so you don’t need to enter a name server address or a search domain.
2 Click Sharing in the upper-left corner of the window, then select the Users folder in the list of share points. 3 Click the lock in the Automount tab and authenticate 4 Check the box next to “Automount this item to clients in domain” and choose Netinfo/root from the pop-up menu. 5 Click Save. Step 5: Create student accounts Now you can set up a user account for each student.
Step 7: Set up shared folders Because you turned on Apple file service in the Server Assistant, the teacher and students can already use their home directory Public folders and the Drop Box folders within to share files. You can create and share other folders to suit the needs of the class. For example, to set up a shared assignments folder: 1 On the server, create a new folder named Assignments. 2 Open Workgroup Manager and click Sharing.
Step 10: Set up the student computers On each student computer: 1 Open System Preferences, click Network, and choose Built-in Ethernet from the Show popup menu. 2 In the TCP/IP tab, choose Manually from the Configure pop-up menu. 3 Type a unique IP address from the range 10.0.0.2 through 10.255.255.254 in the IP address field, 255.0.0.0 in the Subnet Mask field, and 10.0.0.1 in the Router field. 4 Click Apply Now and quit System Preferences. 5 Open Directory Access and enable NetInfo.
