Replacing Cron Jobs With Launchd on OS X
Several basic setup tasks on OS X Server — especially those related to maintaining backups — can be made easier via launchd, OS X’s replacement for cron.
‘MacOS’ Articles at CodedMemes, Page 7
Starting with the original series on setting up your macOS Server like your livelihood depends on it — from basic backup and recovery to extras like MySQL to security and performance tweaking — these articles continue with important updates on TLS 1.2, the proxy architecture in Server 5, logging improvements, and more.
OS X Server Backups to a Remote Server
In previous articles, I’ve described a basic backup strategy for running an OS X-based server; now it’s time to take a look at backing up important information to another server in a geographically distinct location.
OS X Server First Things First: Backup and Recovery and Other Preliminaries
Even before you fire up Server.app to get your Mac Mini server delivering websites and other services, it’s important to plan for backup and recovery of the machine itself, should anything go wrong. This is part 1 of an ongoing series on setting up your OS X Server as if your livelihood depended on it.
Setting Up Your Mac Mini Server Like Your Livelihood Depends On It — Especially if It Does
This post kicks off a series of articles describing how you might go about setting up a new Mac Mini running OS X Server. Although aimed partly at folks interested in replacing a WHM/cPanel server with a Mac running OS X Server, the general approach is applicable regardless of what platform — if any — you might be moving from.
Faster Websites at Lower Cost, With a Mac Mini Server
If you’re running a dedicated server, and it’s older than two or three years, you owe it to yourself to take a look at what’s been happening in the hosting landscape lately. You might be surprised to find just how much a Mac Mini server can do for you, and how it compares in terms of price and performance.