northeast_technician Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 help please! i am setting up a mac os server, do i need it to be seperate in terms of active directory dns etc from the windows server on site?
3s-gtech Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 If you want to use a Magic Triangle setup for OS X logins, Profile/Workgroup Manager lockdown of machines and accounts etc then you'll need it on your Windows domain, as part of your existing AD/DNS domain. If it's just for iPad management it can be more separated from AD.
northeast_technician Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 we are dual booting our imacs so its for that
pantscat Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 There's not a huge amount of resources about doing this on the Apple website, but this might help: http://training.apple.com/pdf/wp_integrating_active_directory_mav.pdf 1
3s-gtech Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 we are dual booting our imacs so its for that Then you'll probably want to setup a proper Magic Triangle, with the Windows and OS X installs added to the AD domain, and the OS X install also added to your Open Directory and managed with Profile Manager. There are various documents around on how to set this up from the server/client side, but it's pretty straightforward with a guide. Have a look at Configure Profile Manager On Yosemite Server (Yosemite running the Server app) | krypted.com
pantscat Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 that link isnt working for me PM me and I'll email you a copy if you'd like?
slancaster Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 we use AD for authentication, DNS and storage. our apple servers "piggy back" on to the existing domain and manage Mac / MDM specific settings for anything Apple. Also the Apple caching services are really handy too.
northeast_technician Posted July 15, 2015 Author Posted July 15, 2015 So what services do you have running on Mac server?
slancaster Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Profile Manager Caching Deployment (using deploy studio) File sharing websites open directory
Guest WMITTech Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 HEY, I once worked in an entirely Apple Mac school and it was definitely a challenge! You want to setup the OSX server normally, setting up domain etc, although don't use the mac server for DHCP or DNS, it doesn't work proprely and Apple know this! You use workgroup manager to setup accounts and policies, or a plugin if you want it to bind to a windows AD if you want them both on the same network. Workgroup manager is a very powerful tool. You can put computers into groups or you can target them invidually. What ever you do, don't delete the guest group! I've been in that position before and it took down most of the computers!
slancaster Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 WGM is old school now, profile manager is the way forward although its a little quirky!
Guest WMITTech Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Is profile manager in newer releases of OSX? Or is it downloaded
slancaster Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Profile Manager is standard on OS X Server. The front end is web based so you can access it easier than WGM. WGM can still be downloaded but won't run on anything past 10.9.
3s-gtech Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 WGM can still be downloaded but won't run on anything past 10.9. Not true!
slancaster Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 care to share? Doesn't really matter anyhow, WGM is dated these days. Was a good bit of software though.
3s-gtech Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Yeah, it's dated and we have found it doesn't push proxy settings any more which is a pain. Otherwise, installed and working on 10.10 server. Don't think we did anything magic to make it work, but we had to reinstall WGM it when it moved to 10.9 (this server has gone from 10.6->10.7->10.8->10.9->10.10 in-place each time).
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