Does Snow Leopard Server come with a website design software

I'm running Snow Leopard Server on my Mac Mini-We've decided to take our website in house, and have set it up on the server. The site was created by someone for us and is in HTML files. Is there software that came already on our server that will permit us to edit the files, or do we have to buy additional software? I don't see iWeb on our server. Thanks.

iWeb works, but many sites will find it limiting (eg: no imports) or will outgrow it.
The typical evolution is from static HTML web pages and CSS and such along to some sort of web content management system (CMS). That might be home-grown, open-source, or commercial, and most of the CMS packages can be "themed" to present a particular appearance. Static HTML doesn't scale, and gets fussy to manage.
If static HTML is your chosen path, then Web (HTML) editors are widely available, and do get discussed here on occasion. Some that are mentioned include Adobe Macromedia Dreamweaver, RapidWeaver, Webacappella, Freeway, etc. (Google for details, reviews, trials, etc)
Migrating your server in-house means maintaining the server and its security, keeping any CMS you pick current, and getting DNS and some other pieces in place, and run-of-the-mill stuff like regular backups and monitoring disk space, and dealing with the usual network and hardware errors.
One of the other options (as differentiated from operating fully in-house) is to host your web site and related pieces on one of various hosting providers. (That outsources a bunch of the "fun" here, and usually for little money.)

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Snow Leopard Server combined with Snow Leopard OS

I have a MacPro (4x1 TB Drives, 16GB, RAID Card, 2 x Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.8 GHz) that has MacOS 10.5 installed (including MS Windows running under VMWare Fusion).
The RAID setup is shown at https://www.radii.org/doc
The computer is used as an everyday workhorse (running OS 10.5.7 on Volume RS1, with Volume R1V2 partitioned into 2 data and file/document stores).
Given the specs of the machine, I plan to setup Snow Leopard Server (Raid 0) also — on a separate partition so that when the system on RS1 freezes, the server does not have to be crashed also.
Is there any advantage in partitioning the volume OSXSERVER to install Snow Leopard Server to perform a number of tasks:
1. provide first level backup and coordinate backup of data to an external/offsite filestore in the clouds for two Microsoft Small Business servers, plus about 5 Mac and Windows desktop machines
2. Provide a mail server
3. iCal server
4. address book server.
The above assumes that I can run both OSs simultaneously — is that possible, or does the system for everyday usage need to be virtualised within the Server OS?? If not, which OS will manage access to the processors?

I guess my biggest concern is the frequency with which Mac OSX gets itself tied in knots and a reboot is the only way out of the mess.
I haven't seen that myself, personally. About the only time any of my machines get rebooted is after software update.
Of course, server systems tend to be more focussed than client systems, so that might help too - the server is typically setup, configured and left to do its thing. It's not like you're constantly launching and quitting different applications throughout the day.
However, I know from years of experience with desktop systems in a variety of flavours that they will need to be rebooted at least once a week.
Ahh, there's the Windows-thinking coming through.
I have Mac OS X Server systems that, quite literally, have not been rebooted in years. Most of them have months of uptime. Of course, this means that not all my systems are running the latest OS updates but that's a call I've made.
in general, the smaller the capacity (memory, speed, HD) the more often they need to be rebooted.
Sure, but that's a matter of right-sizing your server for the load you're putting on it.
Again, there's a difference between client and server installations - client systems tend to jump between active processes with minimal background processing, whereas server systems tend to run more focussed tasks.
I have found that software such as MS Office has been highly unreliable in the last couple of years — I still get Excel saying that it 'had to close' sometime in about 10% of the times I am using it.
Right, but you're not running Office on your server, right?
I was hoping there would be a better solution than having to reboot the server — or crash it when the system freezes with a kernal panic brought on by a desktop app
Sure - don't run a desktop app on your server
If you do see that need, then run another virtual machine for your desktop apps. That means you've got one 'master' OS running multiple virtual machines - one per server process, plus another one for desktop/GUI apps.
Or, run all your server processes on a single server with sufficient resource (CPU, disk, memory, etc.) for the tasks you're running, and get an iMac or a Mini for those desktop tasks. Be cheaper that way, anyway.

Does Snow Leopard Server iCal Service support iCal Groups?

I have successfully configured iCal Service on Snow Leopard Server 10.6.8v1.1 and have several client Mac system (runing SL 10.6.8v1.1) connected to this service via CalDAV. I can create new calendars and those calendars and any test events propigate to all machines that have this CalDAV account configured. But whenever I try to create a calendar group it always appears as a local calendar group. Is this a feature missing when using iCal Server and CalDAV? Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks

Hi
I doubt if you'll find a step-by-step as most people's requirements are different. One of the places most people start is here:
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#macosxserver
Have you tried searching the Forum itself?
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1352
Tony

The Windows SMB feature has file locking if multiple users are accessing the same file. Does Snow Leopard Server File Sharing (AFP) provide similar features?

The Windows SMB feature has file locking if multiple users are accessing the same file. Does File Sharing (AFP) on Snow Leopard Server provide similar services?

Were you ever able to solve this problem. I'm having similar issues since upgrading to snow leopard. Four macs connect to a Windows Server 2003 for shared files. Each user has full permissions & when we "get info" it shows read & write permissions. Two of the computers were running 10.4, two were running 10.5. Everything worked properly until upgrading to snow leopard. Some files let me copy, move, delete. Others either just hang up or we get a "no permission" error. Also getting a "pdf is in use" error, even when the file/folder doesn't contain a pdf. We had our IT rep check the server who said everything is in working order. They don't represent macs any longer but feel that it's a mac problem. I would have to agree since this problem only started after the upgrade, and the one machine that was not upgraded (still running 10.5.8) is not dealing with these problems.
Lastly, I would install 10.5 back on all of the computers if I could, but the leopard disk that came with one of the computers wouldn't work with the 2 machines running 10.4 and I didn't see it available at the apple store. I'll buy it if it's still available, but why wouldn't the disks that I have work?
Thanks for any help

Does the Cisco WRVS4400N come with its own VPN Software?

I would like to install the Cisco WRVS4400N in a small business. The specs on the router says it will work with nearly any VPN client. But does it come with its own VPN software? Is there a free VPN software that is recommended? The business has no VPN software currently. Thanks...

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Help - Snow Leopard Server Setup with AEBS

Hi.
I am trying to setup two things at once. Good start, eh ;0)
Step-by-step, this is what I have:
Internet connection
Static IP address
Apple Airport Extreme Base Station
Mac Mini Server (Snow Leopard)
Registered Domain name with access to control panel for the name
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Connect the AEBS to the Internet
Connect the Server to the Internet via AEBS
Connect Client computers (all Mac, iPhone & iPad) to the server network and the internet locally
Connect Client computers (all Mac, iPhone & iPad) to the server network and the internet remotely
This is the information that I have been given by my ISP (I have added letters before the address to help you to help me identify where they should be entered):
Router IP: (a)192.xxx.94.x (maps to (b)195.xxx.xx.xx)
Subnet Mask: (c)255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: (d)192.xxx.94.x
DNS 1: (e)192.xxx.50.xx1
DNS 2: (f)192.xxx.50.xx2
SMTP: (g)smtp.xx.net
I can't really find any obvious instructions, particularly about pointing my domain name to the router/server. Do I change the name servers/the A records, the A&MX Records on the domain control panel?
If anyone has any experience with setting-up the server with an AEBS, I would be truly grateful for some pointers! e.g. put IP address (a) in box (x)
Ha! if only it were that easy, but any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Easy answer. Paid a local IT company to come and check my settings. Turns out that due to the office that I am in, I am in a 'double NAT' environment. When AEBS was throwing-up NAT errors, I was unsure about continuing.
Al sorted now with a few phone calls to the ISP and 2 hours' work by the IT company. Done. What else can I try and break???

Does Crystal Reports/Server come with MII 12.x?

Do we get a Crystal Server license with the MII 12.x software? If so, what version?
Thanks,
Todd

No. We are considering this as a future possibility, but it is unlikely to be bundled without an additional charge (if it is bundled).
We are also thinking about building a connector from Crystal Reports to MII, but that is also not definitive right now. There is a JDBC Driver simulator on SDN that you can use to do that today - It makes MII queries look like JDBC tables.

Does the Quantum DVR come with updated On Demand software?

I am started to get really annoyed with the software in the Verizon Boxes. The timeout and no resume after a few minutes. The fact that it doesn't show you what you've watched previously. The 2x fast forward (if at all). All of these things keep pushing us to Netflix and Amazon more and more. Also, my neighbor has the new Cablevision box - it was like I suddenly got transported from the 1990's (the Verizon System) to 2008 era (the new Cablevision system) - and worst of all I was impressed by this!
I was hoping that the Quantum DVR comes with new software?? Does it fix any of these issues?

Thanks for the response. I will be a more specific:
2X speed limit. I have never worked in engineerying cable boxes but I know that Amazon, Netflix, and Amazon have all figured out how to increase the speeds on devices they don't control - so I am not sure why Verizon can't deliver this.
On long pauses the timeout does not remember that you were watching the show. The resume show option goes away after some time - not sure how long it is but it is not long - perhaps 30 minutes. When the resume goes away the 2X speed limit suddenly becomes very important because getting back to the point you left of can be painful. Also, if you were lucky enough to be watching a show that had fast forward disabled you have no choice but to watch it. Again, from a software engineering perspective - allowing someone to fast forward back to the point in the show that you left off should not be that difficult.
As fars as knowing what you watched - Netflix and all of the other services know when you have watched a show. So if you are working your way through a series it highlghts those shows that have been previously watched. On Verizon you have no idea - so many times I start watching an episode only to realize that I had already seen it. This is especially prevalent when the description of the episode does not provide enough information to evaluate the contents of the episode - such as "Season 2, Episode 3"! Netflix goes one better and even allows viewer profiles - so you indicate who is watching and it keeps track of your watching and resume points. In this day and age this is fairly basic stuff.
I have seen that many of these issues have been noted on the forum for years now. I had originally posted to see if any of the new DVRs actually had new software - making them worth looking at. But it appears the most signfiicant change on the software that has happened in the last couple of years is the addition of ads at the bottom of the guide screen and enhanced widgets. Does anyone actually use widgets on their computer screen - doesn't everyone have a smart phone in their pocket with the weather and traffic on it?

Help with CF9 Standard Install and Mac OS Server (Snow Leopard Server)

Hello,
I recently purchased a mac mini server (with snow leopard server) and will be using it to host my CF9 applications. This install is WAY different than the install needed on a windows machine. I tried to install it once and somehow hosed up Apache and now I can't even get it to start up (apache). So I am having the colo company to do a full restore of the server and I took notes on the Mac Server install and below is the questions I have.
1.) Since Snow Leopard Server comes with Apache webserver, it is what CF wants to use. This is fine, I just need to know where these things are...
It is asking for the Configuration Directory: I'm guessing it is /private/etc/apache2 ? Right or Wrong???
2.) It is asking for Directory and file name of server binary: It currently defaults to /usr/sbin/httpd is this right or should I point it to another directory?
3.) It is asking for Directory and file name of server script: It currently defaults to /usr/sbin/apachectl is this right or should I point it to another directory?
It also wants the location where I can place the CFIDE. Can I place this anywhere I wish or is there a preferred location to point this to?
and finally, I have CF9 Standard, so on the mac server should I install it as a server configuration (self contained instance) or Enterprise Multiserver config. I was reading online that its better to install as an Enterprise Multiserver setup, but I don't know if this will work for me since I'm useing the standard edition.
Please Help ANYONE, if you have mac os experience and installing CF9 onto a mac server
Thanks

I have been getting this exact same problem. CF installer is somehow writing some invalid information into the httpd.conf file. I was able to replace the httpd.conf file with the default one, and was able to go through the webconnector process again and (sometimes randomly) it works. I also spent about 4 hours on the line with adobe CF support and made no progress beyond what I'll post here .
To answer your questions about file locations:
/private/etc/apache2/ for the httpd.conf files
/usr/sbin/ for both the apachectl and the httpd binaries
Although I'm able to get past where you are, and it seems to work correctly, Immediately upon adding a new site via server admin it all breaks. Coldfusion then will only work if I manually go to a cfm document. For example: http://example.com/ will give me the raw text from the (default index) index.cfm file. But typing http://example.com/index.cfm works.
I am lost here as well. After 4 hours on the phone with adobe support I would have hoped it would be an easy fix. I've completely nuked and reinstalled the server from scratch with the exact same results both times.
Does anyone have the slightest clue about what may be going on here?

Can I use Snow Leopard Server with Windows clients?

Mainly for e-mails and calendars. I have small office with 12 windows computers from XP to Win 7 and MS Office from 2003 to 2007. Will Snow Leopard Server work with that?

Can Mac OS X Server do this? Sure.
You're going to be learning a whole lot about running a server, regardless.
You really need to sort out what you have here and where you want to be, and how to upgrade or replace yor migrate your environment, and before you add the substantial increase in complexity of serving Windows from Mac. If you can't get off of Office circa 2003 or similarly old software, what are you going to do when you find, say, an incompatibility, or a need to migrate mail clients? Who are you going to call for help?
I'd guess that Small Business Server (SBS) is likely your best target here.
AFAIK, Exchange Server (which I'm guessing is what you're using) supports larger mailboxes in newer releases.
Look at the sustaining costs for what you're considering purchasing, too. How much it'll cost to configure, deploy and maintain the box and the network. Up-front costs are an obvious consideration, but maintaining many boxes and many versions itself introduces costs.
The arrival of Lion Server next month does not change my opinion. (And I'm not usually suggesting Windows and Windows Server boxes, either.) (And with the arrival of Lion and Lion Server, I'll follow my usual approach and not look to upgrade to the first release of that (or any other) new platform, if there are business-critical functions and services involved. You need time to debug and test the deployment.)

Snow Leopard Server - SSL Certificate Issue

Hi. I am hoping someone can shine some light into an issue I am currently experiencing with SSL Certificates on the Snow Leopard Server which hosts out websites. This past weekend an SSL certificate pertaining to our primary domain expired which caused users to receive error messages prior to accessing the website ... the error message stated "the site's security certificate has expired!"
I have since renewed the certificate via networksolutions.com and applied it on the Mac server. The certificate was applied successfully and i have added the certificate the sites along with restarting the apache to take in the settings. However, the certificate is not propagating out at all. I have also restarted the mac server as well in case there was something in the cache causing issues but unfortunately, the issue still exists.
I have also removed the certificate entirely and reapplied it from scartch to make sure the original certificate wasn't causing any issues.
Has anyone else incurred a similar issue or would anyone have any insight on how to possibly resolve the issue?
Thank you!

Just a quick update. the DNS seems fine but I am getting errors in the logs as follows.
May 12 09:37:34 server jabberd/sm[2084]: version: jabberd sm 2.1.24.1-326.5
May 12 09:37:34 server org.jabber.jabberd[2082]: ERROR: router died. Shutting down server.
May 12 09:37:34 server com.apple.launchd[1] (org.jabber.jabberd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 12 09:37:34 server jabberd/sm[2084]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347
May 12 09:37:34 server jabberd/sm[2084]: shutting down
May 12 09:38:45 server jabberd/sm[2167]: version: jabberd sm 2.1.24.1-326.5
May 12 09:38:45 server jabberd/sm[2167]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347
May 12 09:38:45 server jabberd/sm[2167]: shutting down
May 12 09:38:45 server org.jabber.jabberd[2165]: ERROR: router died. Shutting down server.
May 12 09:38:45 server com.apple.launchd[1] (org.jabber.jabberd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
I checked the the crash report which has the follow kernal issue.
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x000000010011adb0
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
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Snow Leopard Server VPN and other Servers

I am thinking of deploying Snow Leopard Server at work using the Mac MiniServer option. We have a few Macs that we would like to manage their settings with. We also have Active Directory. I plan to use Open Directory with the Mac then use kerbos for logins.
My question is if I use the Snow Leopard Server VPN with the Macs, will the users be able to access other resources on the LAN like Active Directory Shares, Exchange, and internal Intranets? Or only the Snow Leopard Server?
Thanks,
WillGonz

It sounds like you will have 2 different kerberos realms, one in OD and one in AD.
If you want them to use the same realm (the AD one) you need to look at a "golden triangle" setup.
If you want to authenticate the VPN connection using Kerberos I suspect you need to be able to reach the KDC server from Internet before the VPN is up. That would mean it needs to have a public IP and same name as on the LAN(?).
As an alternative a Radius connection for the VPN authentication from the Mac to an AD/Radius server might be possible.

Setting up Snow Leopard Server with Address Book, iCal for Small Business

Hello Folks,
I have a small business with 2-3 people and I want to setup Snow Leopard Server on a Mac Mini. I have everything in place, RAID, Backup drive etc.
What I need is a guide on how to setup the server correctly and how to setup Address Book Server, iCal Server, DNS, etc. I was in IT a long while back but have gone back to my creative roots and sworn off IT but I am in a situation where my IT guy's wife is pregnant so he is busy painting the baby's room, etc.
I was looking at Snow Leopard Server for Dummies and a few other books. Do you guys have any suggestions on resources for me to read or research that would give me very straightforward steps in getting this setup. I am at a point where I can re-install from scratch if needed.
For the ease of those that might respond let's assume I know my way around Mac and general networking as a whole.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Cheers,
Jason

Hi Guys,
First of, I will give you a brief background on me regarding networking as a mac user since 1994. I can setup and network multiple macs without a server in our home and small office. Turning file, print and internet sharing with a regular Mac OS X client version at no problem at all. This would be my first time setting up a Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server.
I'm in the same boat as Jakekub but we do not have a static IP from our DSL provider. We just bought a Mac Mini Server for our small office with 3 iMacs and 1 MacBook. We will just use the server for internal usage and to centralized things out and use some of server's features like Address Book, Mail, iCal etc. I've search the forums and found Orhidy's post here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2148553
I even followed the sample IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, DNS Server and I think I had it correctly setup initially. And I think I got it all running on the basic setup base on his instructions. So I tried to test my DNS settings via Terminal > hostname then got answer as
servername.companyname.private
And double checking DNS again with a command: sudo changeip - checkhostname and was given an answer of:
Primary address = 192.168.1.192
Current Hostname = servername.companyname.private
DNS Hostname = servername.companyname.private
The names match. There is nothing to change
dirserv:success = "success"
But here's another one that bugs me. I tried to follow from "Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Dummies" the command line:
NSLOOKUP hostname
and got an answer of:
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 192.168.1.192, trying next server
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53
** server can't find hostname: NXDOMAIN
So does it mean that I still haven't configured my server properly?
Thank you all for the help in advance!
dive

Using ms office 2008 for mac home & student edition with snow leopard serv

Hi all,
I have a very particular question.
I have a new small business starting up and we want to make full use of leopard and snow leopard server in our infrastructure. We also want to use os x for all our client machines.
We want to use ms office 2008 for mac as our main offfice software but i believe we don't need all the uses or festures of the business edtion and i need to seek good advice and clarity on this.
We won't ever use any microsoft exchange servers but instead willl use the apple mail servers and all the other apple server services.
My question is, based on the fact that we will have an all apple mac os x backend and client frontend but want to use the ms office for mac as our business software, and also based on the fact that we wont use the "Build your Brand clip art, Build your skills by lynda.com, the Remote Desktop for mac 2, the Microsoft Exchange Server Support and the Microsoft Windows sharepoint services support, do we really need to go for the business edition? Can we not just use the home and student edition and get the same functionality using everything else apart form what we listed as we wont need these?
The other question is, the Entourage 2008, Web services Edition, will this work with an apple backend instead of ms exchange server?
Kind regards and thanks for your wise advice,
Neil Watson

Thanks, Kurt--I understand now.
One reason I was alarmed was that evidently when the tech installed Office 2008, something went awry with either the key installer or the key code, because when I finished the first two updates (12.1 and 12.2), I tried to open Entourage to see if the problem I'd been having was resolved. Instead of opening, Office gave me a message that my product key was invalid! I did find the product key, and called the tech, who will come by to see what's wrong (he's an honest guy, so I'm sure it's a legitimate error of some kind, not a pirated copy). But the thought of installing two pages of updates and maybe running into the same glitch every time made me blanch. So I'm glad to know that Microsoft is still doing Service Packs for 2008!

Are there any problems with Snow Leopard Server (Xserve) and PPC Clients

Hi,
are there any problems identified yet with Snow Leopard Server, installed on a Xserve and PPC Clients running Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard?
Currently I have a Xserve Intel running Leopard Server and about 12 Mac Minis PPC running Mac OS X Tiger and Mac OS X Leopard. The Xserve serves services like DNS, OpenDirectory, Software Update Server, NetBoot, etc. All users have Home Directories stored on the Xserve.
Now I want to install Snow Leoaprd Server on the Xserve, but I wonder if there are any problems using the PPC Clients? I have read something like this on a german website.
Thanks!

We've actually found that the Server 10.6.3 DVD does an amazingly smooth job of upgrading 10.5.8. We've been upgrading our production servers and nothing has gone wrong yet. Snow Leopard employs an archive and install method of upgrading which results in an install which is very close to a clean install. So it's been very convenient for us because our servers are used as Windows PDCs and it's a pain in the *** to have to re-join all PCs to the domain if we start from scratch.

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