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.

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Posted at 6:00 AM PST with these tags: darwinports, mac, cli, tutorial

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Pre-requisite reading: Installing phpMyAdmin, Useful Apache Tweaks

Prior to the arrival of Mac OS X, there weren’t many e-commerce software applications available for people to wanted to build and host an online shop on the Mac platform. With the arrival of an operating system that supports Apache, PHP, and MySQL, however, would-be Mac shopkeepers now have all the tools they need to configure and operate their very own web-based e-commerce storefront.

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Posted at 12:07 AM PDT with these tags: mac, web, e-commerce

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Pre-requisite reading: Mac Serving With Apache, PHP, and MySQL

“More command line gruntwork? Didn’t I get a Mac so I could avoid this stuff?”

The great thing about Mac OS X is that server software written for UNIX systems don’t need to be re-written for the Mac, which of course means we now have access to a lot of great server software that before was out of our reach. So, yes, entering commands into the Terminal isn’t as handy as ticking off checkboxes in a nice GUI app’s preferences. But as with all our tutorials, the following instructions are written such that a monkey could follow them. (Let us know if you have trouble following our tutorials. We’ll get a dumber test monkey.)

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Posted at 2:25 AM PDT with these tags: mac, web, apache

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Pre-requisite reading: Mac Serving With Apache, PHP, and MySQL

Now that we’ve already set up Apache, PHP, and MySQL, it’s time to install and configure a database management tool. Database management tools are used to create, edit, and browse database structures and content. Installing a separate database management tool isn’t strictly necessary; after all, the Terminal can be used to perform all MySQL database functions. But the reason we use Macs is that we prefer graphical interfaces to command lines, right?

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Posted at 4:29 AM PDT with these tags: mac, database

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There are various software applications that can turn your Mac into a web log, news portal, or even an e-commerce storefront. A large proportion of these server software applications have three components in common: a web server, a scripting language, and a database. Follow the steps below to get some of the most popular versions of these components — Apache, PHP, and MySQL — up and running.

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Posted at 12:41 AM PDT with these tags: mac, web, apache, database

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