Apple addresses Lion server issues with new technotes

If you run Lion server and have problems with podcast streaming or want to view local volumes on your server, you'll want to read two new technotes on Apple's support site. Spotted by MacNN, they will tell you how to setup https to serve up podcasts and how you can tweak your settings to view a mounted local volume or a shared folder via SMB.

One article (Technote TS4126) addresses podcast streaming and SSL certificates, a problem which arose in OS X server 10.7.2. Unlike earlier versions, this version of Lion server streams podcasts using a secure https connection. In this issue, users visiting your Lion server cannot view podcast thumbnails. When they try to playback content, the thumbnail is missing and only a blank window appears.

To fix this issue, server administrators can either purchase a signed security certificate from an established Certificate Authority or use a self-signed certificate. If the admin chooses the self-signed route, users attempting to view a podcast will be presented with a warning about an untrusted certificate. Once the user accepts this certificate as coming from a trusted source, they can gain access to the podcast content.

The other technote HT5028 has two command-line tweaks for server administrators. The first will let admins view any volumes mounted locally on the server and the second will let them access shared folders over SMB. Once entered, admins will have to reboot the server to make these changes stick.

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Source: http://www.macnn.com/articles/11/11/11/deals.with.certificat…

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The reason you cannot (easily) downgrade to Snow Leopard is because Snow Leopard doesn't have the built in support for the new hardware your 2011 MMS has onboard.. .... Only Lion provides full support for such hardware...

November 15 2011 at 12:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Thomas Gill

Excellent. I've got a Mac Mini Server running my City's Council/Mayoral WP Blog, and I'm working on adding a podcast server. This will help a lot. It would still be nice if Apple added FTP setup and settings into the Server Software, instead of having to configure it all through the command line.

November 12 2011 at 1:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

vterm

I bought a new Mac Mini with Lion Server this past August...
It was really a dissapointment...Apple in it's effort to simplify the server and make it "for everyone" really crippled
a fine product.
After struggling for a whole week, trying to publish a web site that required Cold Fusion and MySQL to be installed (yeah that went well), i gave up and tried to install Snow Leopard Server, which was a great product.
Unfortunately, (and i am not sure that everyone knows this) Macs sold with Lion or Lion Server Pre-installed
CAN'T be downgraded!!!! You can't install 10.6 or 10.6 server on it!!!!
(There a few reports of people who actually succeded after a lot of trouble, but most of them have still got problems and kernel panics during boot...at least that's what i read...)
Do you guys find any logic behind this?
Why can't i install Snow Leopard Server on an Intel Mac?
Still puzzles me.....

November 11 2011 at 2:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Arnan de Gans

People actually use Lion Server? :-/

November 11 2011 at 1:46 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply