Learn how to use your Mac Mini as a media server from the the How-To Geek himself. Part I in a series, this article shows how to set up VNC and FrontRow.
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April 13th, 2007
Mac Mini as a Media Server
November 1st, 2006
More Load Balancing Tools
Following up on the note about redundant Apache clusters, Joyeur has a long list of load balancers that is also worth a look. One other tool that is not on that list is Crossroads. Are there any other load balancing tools that are missing from that list? Please let us know!
Posted at 3:16 PM PST with these tags: web, deployment, tools
October 31st, 2006
Redundant Apache Cluster via High-Availability Linux Project
Failover clusters are used to ensure high availability of system services and applications even through crashes, hardware failures, and environmental mishaps. Linux.com has an article that illustrates how to implement a two-node, high-availability Apache cluster with the heartbeat application from the High-Availability Linux Project, which the author has tested on Fedora Core 5, CentOS 4.3, and Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS server distributions.
April 28th, 2006
No News Yet on New Xserve
An eWeek article on Apple’s potential plans for an Intel-based Xserve leave a lot to the imagination. While Apple servers bearing Intel processors are widely expected to be released this year, there is no word from Apple or even from less-trusted sources as to when the Xserve might be refreshed or what the specifications might look like. Given that the iBook and Power Mac models are probably the next in line to be fitted with Intel innards, the Xserve will most likely be the last Apple computer to witness the migration to an Intel CPU.
With many folks holding off on Xserve purchases until an Intel-powered model is released, one wonders how long it will be before those folks decide to stop waiting and opt for less expensive boxes running FreeBSD or Linux. Hopefully, the new Xserve will be released soon enough and with a strong enough value proposition to prevent such defections.
Posted at 6:27 PM PDT with these tags: mac, hardware, xserve
February 6th, 2006
Installing DarwinPorts on Mac OS X
This tutorial covers the introduction, installation, and configuration of DarwinPorts, a software package manager for the Tiger 10.4 version of Mac OS X, and a requisite tool for nearly all subsequent Server Codex tutorials.
Posted at 6:00 AM PST with these tags: darwinports, mac, cli, tutorial
January 12th, 2006
Rails, Platforms, and Tools
David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH), creator and one of the core developers of Ruby on Rails, recently posted an announcement that version 1.5 of the TextMate editor has been released. In closing, he says: “Oh, and if you haven’t switched yet, you can swing by Apple and pickup a Mac on the way to TextMate. It’s not now, nor ever, going Windows.” In the comments following the article, hilarity ensues.
Be they trolls or simply misguided folk, the FUD stops here. For those who like reading rants, I invite you to continue.
December 29th, 2005
Flurry of Server Software Updates
While we normally resist the temptation to publish the year-end retrospectives that appear to be in vogue around this time of year, it would be negligent not to note that 2005 brought some very significant software advancements. If you haven’t checked them out already, perhaps you should.
Posted at 10:02 AM PST with these tags: darwinports, rails, postgresql, lighttpd, apache
November 30th, 2005
Introduction to the Tiger Terminal
MacDevCenter is host to an informative five-part series on using the Terminal in Mac OS X 10.4 — Tiger. Given that the tutorials found on Server Codex usually assume a basic familiarity with the command line, folks who haven’t spent much time in the Terminal should at least check out Part 1 below.
Part 2 - ssh, scp, sftp, and rsync
October 2nd, 2005
Development Environment for Ruby on Rails
RadRails is an integrated development environment (IDE) for Ruby on Rails, with the initial RadRails 0.1 release emerging only a few days ago. A customized version of the Java-based Eclipse IDE, RadRails appears to a promising cross-platform tool for managing the development of Rails web applications. The release of version 0.2 is imminent and will hopefully be accompanied by more extensive documentation.
September 30th, 2005
Web Server Backup via Rsync
Dave Shea over at mezzoblue provides a great tutorial on how to keep a synchronized backup of remote web server documents on a local machine. Rsync can be a difficult tool to figure out, so this detailed how-to guide makes it much easier to get started. The post comments also contain a great deal of useful information.