So you have a Mac, and you want to turn it into a web server. Thankfully, Mac OS X comes with Apache, PHP, MySQL, and other useful server tools pre-installed. But for most Mac users, the UNIX underpinnings of OS X are alien, intimidating, and far from user-friendly. While Apple provides a basic graphical user interface (GUI) for starting and stopping Apache and FTP services, more advanced configuration requires a trip to the command line.

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Posted at 1:34 AM PDT with these tags: mac, web, apache, dns

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Dan Benjamin has penned a great DNS primer for O’Reilly’s MacDevCenter. Even if you’re already familiar with the way the Internet’s domain name system operates, the coverage of Apple’s oft-overlooked Network Utility is worth the read. If you’re already more than familiar with Network Utility, head on over to Jason Deraleau’s advanced article on Implementing BIND on Mac OS X.

Posted at 12:14 PM PDT with these tags: mac, dns

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