Moving Away from macOS Server
Apple has previously announced their migration away from many of the services we’ve come to know and love with macOS Server. Luckily, there are plenty of alternatives for each, some easy and some more difficult.
The fine crew at Krypted.com have assembled a service-by-service guide for moving away from macOS server:
- Summary and Information
- DNS and Network Services
- Time Machine
- Web Services
- Messaging, Mail
and Groupware- Replace the Messages Services From macOS Server With OpenFire Instant Messaging (Jabber/XMPP) Service
- WebDAV, CalDAV, And CardDAV Oh My!
- Migrate Calendars on macOS
- Migrating the Mail Service From macOS Server
- Build clamAV for message hygiene
- File Services
- Replace File Services From macOS Server With WD’s MyCloud.com For Smaller Environments
- Replace File Services From macOS Server With Windows Servers
- File Services on macOS as Opposed to macOS Server
- Xsan In 10.14 And Beyond: NAS, SAN, and
High Performance File Shares
- Directory Services (open Directory is not deprecated but it’s only necessary
in certain environments, like Xsan)- Export Directory Services Data from macOS Server
- Install Active Directory on Windows Server
- Replace LDAP on macOS Server with Active Directory Federated Services From Azure
- Replace LDAP on macOS Server with Okta
- Radius and VPN
- Imaging macOS 10.13.5 And Beyond
- Install homebrew on a Mac
- Configure time services (NTP) on Windows Servers
And then there are tons of all-in-one small business servers solutions, including Buffalo, Qnap, NetGear’s ReadyNAS, Thecus, LaCie, Seagate BlackArmor, and Synology. Because I happen to have a Synology, let’s look at setting up the same services we had in macOS Server, but on a cheaper Synology appliance:
- Setup A New Synology NAS
- File Services
- AFP and providing files to Macs
- Time Machine Backups
- Sync Data to Cloud Accounts
- Network Services
- Web Services
- Xcode and Git Integration
- Directory Services
- Chat Services
- Backup iOS Devices To Your Synology With Acronis True Image