Re: [Rockies-Edu] Question for old apple server admins
Re: [Rockies-Edu] Question for old apple server admins
- Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] Question for old apple server admins
- From: Corey Carson <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 10:37:44 -0700
Good morning, Russett.
What you’re asking for is straightforward, but the products have shifted enough
that there’s fewer clear answer today. There is still a possible path, though.
What you’re missing is a big, red “easy” button on a single box for caching
both App Store / Apple Ecosystem content as well as caching for all http and
https traffic. It doesn’t exist, but can be built.
There’s still a lot of documentation
<https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/get-apache-mysql-php-phpmyadmin-working-osx-10-9-mavericks/>
from the Mac OS 10.9 (Mavericks) days and earlier regarding getting AMP
(Apache, MySQL and PHP) up and running in a clean, simple container for Mac.
Today, that exists primarily in two places; the MAMP container
<https://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/?m=1530180376&;> and Homebrew
<https://brew.sh/>. You can evaluate both options and choose one. Don’t try to
do both, as there will be overlap, duplicate binaries/repositories and it gets
messy in a hurry.
Your mileage will vary, but I installed Homebrew on a Mojave Mac last month and
it’s been sitting idle. This morning, I ran installers for php, mysql, apache
and squid <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/squid>. No errors and I can see the
services running, as well as get to the config pages.
As with all things commercial vs open, the most important thing to decide is
where your support comes from. There are a lot of options listed on the Squid
support page <http://www.squid-cache.org/Support/services.html> but I’d vet
that list pretty thoroughly and have a partner lined up in the event that you
need to call someone. The MacAdmin’s Slack <https://macadmins.slack.com/> is
awesome, and has a Homebrew channel, but you’ll also want to find a community
of Squid experts out there (if Squid is what you go with). If you’ve got the
chops yourself to troubleshoot with the support of the community, then you’re
obviously saving a lot of time and money.
I hope this helps!
Corey
Corey Carson, Field Engineering Manager
Apple Education
Apple Inc.
(303) 746-1634
> On Jan 3, 2019, at 4:12 PM, Russett Goulding <email@hidden>
> wrote:
>
> Greetings long time apple server users
>
> I am preparing to buy a class set of used iPads, and an older mac mini to act
> as a app server / web caching server for a school in Kampala Uganda, where
> there is seriously limited internet capacity.
>
> Once upon a time, the apple server software had a web caching service
> included. I am seeking wisdom on the best version of the server software to
> accommodate both App serving on iPads, AND web Caching such that the first
> iPad in a school to request a site has to download it thru the server, but
> then all the other iPads can access that site from the local server.
>
> Any advice welcome!
>
> Russett Goulding
> JDO Foundation
> www.jdofoundation
> (303) 933-7790
>
> "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming."
> --- David Bowie ---
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