Mac OS X Server is now a core feature of OS X Lion, and bundled with the standard version of Mac OS X. Server Tools are not installed by default, but can be installed by clicking customize during the installation process. Mac OS X Server includes services and applications for file sharing, sharing contact information and calendars, schedule events, send secure instant messages, conduct live video conferences, send and receive email, contribute to and comment in wikis, publish a companywide blog, produce and distribute podcasts, and set up websites.New features in Lion include:
Easy Setup
Lion Server guides you through configuring your Mac as a server. And it provides local and remote administration — for users and groups, push notifications, file sharing, calendaring, mail, contacts, chat, Time Machine, VPN, web, and wiki services — all in one place.
Lion Server guides you through configuring your Mac as a server. And it provides local and remote administration — for users and groups, push notifications, file sharing, calendaring, mail, contacts, chat, Time Machine, VPN, web, and wiki services — all in one place.
Wiki Server 3
Wiki Server 3 makes it even easier to collaborate, share, and exchange information. Users can quickly switch between a server’s home page, My Page, Updates, Wikis, People, and Podcasts. File sharing is simpler than ever, and a new Page Editor makes customization a breeze.
File and Print Services
Directory Services and Authentication
Mail Services
Calendaring
Web Hosting
Collaboration Services
Media Streaming
Client Management
Networking and VPN
Distributed Computing
High-Availability Features
File Systems
Management Features
File Sharing for iPad
Lion Server delivers wireless file sharing for iPad. Enabling WebDAV in Lion Server gives iPad users the ability to access, copy, and share documents on the server from applications such as Keynote, Numbers, and Pages.
Profile Manager
Profile Manager delivers simple, profile-based setup and management for Mac OS X Lion, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. It also integrates with your existing directory services and delivers automatic over-the-air profile updates using the Apple Push Notification service.
It is based on an open source foundation called Darwin and uses open industry standards and protocols.
File and Print Services
- Mac (AFP, AppleTalk PAP, IPP)
- Windows (SMB/CIFS, IPP)
- Unix-like systems (NFS, LPR/LPD, IPP)
- Internet (FTP, WebDAV)
Directory Services and Authentication
- Open Directory (OpenLDAP,Kerberos, SASL)
- NT Domain Services (Samba 3)
- Backup Domain Controller (BDC)
- LDAP directory connector
- Active Directory connector
- BSD configuration files (/etc)
- RADIUS
Mail Services
- SMTP (Postfix)
- POP and IMAP (Dovecot)
- SSL/TLS encryption (OpenSSL)
- Mailing lists (Mailman)
- Webmail (SquirrelMail)
- Junk mail filtering (SpamAssassin)
- Virus detection (ClamAV)
Calendaring
- iCal Server (CalDAV, iTIP, iMIP)
Web Hosting
- Apache web server
- SSL/TLS (OpenSSL)
- WebDAV
- Perl, PHP, Ruby, Rails, Python
- PostgresSQL
- Capistrano, Mongrel
Collaboration Services
- Wiki Server (RSS)
- iChat Server 2 (XMPP)
Media Streaming
- QuickTime Streaming Server
- QuickTime Broadcaster
Client Management
- Managed Preferences
- NetBoot
- NetInstall
- Software Update Server
- Portable home directories
- Profile Manager
Networking and VPN
- DNS server (BIND 9)
- DHCP server
- NAT server
- VPN server (L2TP/IPSec, PPTP)
- Firewall (IPFW2)
- NTP
Distributed Computing
- Xgrid 2
High-Availability Features
- Automatic recovery
- File system journaling
- IP failover
- Software RAID
- Disk space monitor
File Systems
- HFS+ (journaled, case sensitive and case insensitive)
- FAT
- eXFat
- NTFS
- UFS (read-only)
Management Features
- Server AdminServer Assistant
- Server Preferences
- Server Status widget
- Workgroup Manager
- System Image Utility
- Secure Shell (SSH2)
- Server Monitor
- RAID Utility
- SNMPv3 (Net-SNMP)
For more details check my other posts about Lion:
34 comments:
looks pretty convenient to host stuff
Looks like a very handy, should make managing servers easier.
I was actually thinking of buying this, but then I went with Ubuntu :P
Your guides are awesome, good job.
great info :)
Awesome post dude, I'll be showing this blog to the mac people in my life.
Falling on deaf ears here, will never consider a Mac.
Still like to read about em, just Windows and Google OS for now.
Great way to manage a server :D
That looks cool.
looks solid
I think this is pretty clever, but as a server administrator myself, I can say without doubt that I would never use anything other than Linux.
Great info
looks interesting, but i don't think i'd use it too much
you have great knowledge of mac...
Apple makes it all so easy. I wonder if this could prove useful to me. Thanks for showing me this!
this looks pretty complicated...
looks very intuitive!
@Aaron M. Gipson you must work in a small company if you can choose your servers just for ideology reasons.
In the real (big) world you wont be able to not use a bsd,aix or zos for example when its needed.
very complicated and intuitive
Wow seems like it's pretty useful.
wow, looks like a swiss army knife. this is really awesome.
Oh wow, this blog get's better every day!
Keep it up!
Hadn't thought about mac OS including all this, but it sure is kewl it does now!
interesting!
Sounds really neat and easy to install.
cool stuff
thanks for sharing
I like the mail services
wow, it has lotsa good features that webdevs would use alot, thanks for sharing
Servers have always been beyond me. Need to learn more about them.
To.. much.. mac... for me! kaboom!
damn, need to learn more about mac servers.
can't wait for lion. take it easy man!
Yeah, about that... GM Installed Directory Binding is not working... Hope this is not the beginning of the end... because I really hate MS
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