I have been using Server app for several years and have been very happy with it. I am so disapointed with this latest version of this app. If I had wanted an iPad, I'd've bought one. Macs are unique because, among other things, they can run server services. All very sad, really-I was always ambivilent of Server since 10.7, but it's still a tragic end. MacPorts also has a nice port for the VPN server, which though not talked about, is right there in the base OS just waiting for you to configure it.
MAC OS X SERVER APP INSTALL
You should use a package manager to install patched services (I turn to MacPorts for this purpose), and configure those with certs obtained from a Pre-Mojave server installation. The other major missing feature is that you can no longer request push certificates for mail/contacts/calendars, so you can no longer use those certs with third-party Open Source options (like the ones Apple recommends) as you could with previous versions of the server. Apple should make that easier by restricting all traffic to TLS with a custom SNI, or even, perhaps, just offer a self-hosted option to compensate. So if you can get past all the silly fussing this thing needs from your (now, necessarily, external) DNS configuration, it ought to be possible to reverse-proxy into it from HAProxy or the like. It's hardly a consolation, of course, but the slight positive of Apple's more-or-less complete destruction of the product is that the web server configuration used by Profile Manager is now very minimal. In the space of an evening you have manged to ruin my view of Apple! Though to be fair with all the issues ive had with Catalina in general, its just put the cherry on the cake. I cannot work remotely until this has been remedied. You have effectively ruined my work setup.
Its a step backwards! Now trying to revert back to something that will work on a previous OS version. Update: After wipoing my machine and spending the best part of 4 hours to get Catalina installed and other serbices, I find the VPN service that I use in MacOS Server has been removed!! WHY!! Why have you done this. If you cant give an upgarde path give us a way to remove the old profiles and install fresh! I have trawled numerous web pages and googled for hours! nothing wortks!! Going to have to nuke my machine now!
MAC OS X SERVER APP UPGRADE
To upgrade your Server data, you will need to install an older version of Server and OS X.".Ĭome on Apple. Have spent hours and hours trying to remove andinstall this, but keep getting this message "This version of Server does not support upgrading the Server data on this volume. Upgarded to Catalina and now it wont work.