Apple macOS and iOS System Administration by Drew Smith

Author:Drew Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781484258200
Publisher: Apress

Configuring Basic Server Services

Now that we have our Mac server ready to go, we can begin enabling some services. In this section, we are going to explore the server-class functions that are bundled with the core macOS client operating system. These are the most popular services found on Mac servers and include content caching, file services, print services, and web services.

Content Caching

One of the most popular features that was previously included in macOS Server but has been subsequently moved to the core macOS installation is content caching. This service runs on a device on your network and listens for clients that are downloading content from Apple or Apple-hosted services like the iBooks, App Store, Mac App Store, and so on. Then as that first client downloads the content, the computer running the content caching service downloads a copy and retains it. When the second, third, or any other device on the same subnet attempts to download that content, it gets copied from the cache server instead of being downloaded again over the Internet.

This solution has been extremely popular in businesses and schools that have multiple clients that share an Internet connection. I have used this with 1:1 iPad deployments and labs of Macs that need to download and install the same security updates or macOS releases, and it really speeds up the installation and saves on bandwidth utilization.

To enable the content caching service, open the Sharing System Preference and enable the checkbox next to Content Caching as shown in Figure 7-8. You can select which content to cache, and I usually stick to the default All Content option. If you are just wishing to use content caching with iOS devices connected physically via USB to Apple Configurator, click the box next to Internet Connection.

Figure 7-8Enabling content caching on our server

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