#Running mac mini as a server install#
#Running mac mini as a server password#
#Running mac mini as a server download#

#Running mac mini as a server download#

Add the following line to ~/.config/fish/config.fish: set -xg PATH /opt/local/bin /opt/local/sbin $PATH Download YouTube videos to iTunes server Manually set your PATH correctly for Fish so it finds MacPorts binaries.

#Running mac mini as a server install#

Install Fish shell $ sudo port install fish MacPortsР вЂќР’Вownload MacPorts from the official website. Once installed, you also need the Command Line Tools, you can initiate the download process by executing $ xcode-select -install in the Terminal. Install Xcode and command line toolsР вЂќР вЂЎirst you need to install Xcode from the Mac App Store. Then restart the SSH (or Remote login as Apple calls it) service.

#Running mac mini as a server password#

Then disablee password login for SSH: Edit the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config and add the following directives at the end of the file: PermitRootLogin no If you havenР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt yet generated a key pair, you can do it using this command: $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C copy your public key to the server: $ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh 'umask 0077 mkdir -p.

If you donР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt need SSH keys, you can skip the rest of this section.

You can connect to SSH using your username and password, but if youР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћre server is accessible outside your homenetwork, itР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs a lot safer to disable passwords and use SSH keys. SSH authenticationР вЂќР вЂЎirst you must enable SSH access in the OS X server panel. anything which isnР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt provided through the Server app config panel. The second part contains all the Р Р†Р вЂљР’ВexpertР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћ ? configuration I did, i.e. Configuring advanced command-line and development WellР Р†Р вЂљР’В¦ my clients arenР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt downloading through the caching server ?. Everywhere on the internet I read itР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs a piece of cake: just enable the service and it should work. I had unfortunately no luck yet configuring the Caching server. If youР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћve configured everything, you can start the VPN server and connect to it with your Mac or iPhone. The DNS server are by default the same as your server, but you can add any reachable DNS server in there. Then I choose IP addresses which are not in the range of the DHCP IPР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs of my router. I generated a new shared secret (make sure that it has the correct length, otherwise you might end up with useless error message). I had to restart my MacBook before the network drive showed up in the Time Machine settings.Р вЂќР’В¬onfiguring the VPN server can sometimes be a bit harder because you donР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt always get relevant error messages when the client canР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt connect to the server. On your client Mac, go to Time Machine in the System Preferences, select Add backup disk and choose your new network volume. Then add a volume (set the correct permissions and limitations if you want) and enable Time Machine. You can easily add a Time Machine volume in the server interface: Go to the Time Machine service in the left column. Go to File sharing in the navigation and do it yourself! ? ItР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs very intuitive, like all Apple products, so I wonР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt explain it hereР Р†Р вЂљР’В¦ This will give you a nice interface from which you can manage your server.Р вЂќР’В¬reating a shared volume is very easy. Just download de Server app on the other Mac and select the server. You can manage your headless Mac server with the Server app from another Mac. Configuring macOS server Remote macOS Server management Once macOS was successfully installed, I could download the Server app from the App Store and configure everything on the machine.Р вЂќР’ВonР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt forget to disable auto sleep in the System preferences or your Mac will go in standby after a short period of inactivity. The tutorial I linked is for the Skylake version.) (Make sure to use the correct tutorial for your hardware.

The tutorial is very complete, so it useless for me to try and reproduce it in this blogpost. I downloaded the latest macOS Sierra from the Mac App Store and installed it using Unibeast and Clover. The box version of the NUC allowed me to add another 2,5Р Р†Р вЂљРЎвЂ“ SATA disk for storage.Р вЂќР вЂЎor the Time Machine backup service I used external harddisks. HardwareР вЂќР вЂЎor this project I bought an Intel NUC 6i3SYH with 8GB DDR4 ram and a Western Digital 256GB m2 SSD. This machine replaces an old Intel Atom server running Ubuntu. Last week I built a hackintosh server for macOS server.