#VIRTUALHOSTX INSTALLATION TUTORIAL UPDATE#

Guacamole is a client-less remote desktop gateway. Sendy is a self-hosted service to email your newsletters at a significant discount. It's especially useful for people who use an iOS device full time but want a Mac to do some heavy lifting in the background without much interaction.) (I use it to offload things from Dropbox, make a copy of full-resolution images, etc. Hazel is an automation tool that can keep your Mac server clean. NuoRDS is a scalable terminal server for Mac. Screens will let you use a Mac from your iPad or iPhone. Selfoss is a web-based RSS reader that is open source and free. Here is a tutorial on setting up a file server with Resilio on a Mac mini. Resilio is a file sync server built on bit torrent technology. We have a guide for setting up Xcode 9 Server that may be helpful. You might look at Jenkins, Buildkite, Teamcity, Veertu, or Gitlab. It’s easily the most popular use here at MacStadium. There are a number of ways to use your Mac as a build server. It's a first-party way to run a Profile Manager and Open Directory. You'll want to be sure to read up on the future roadmap.

MacOS server is in the middle of a big transition, but I'm still including it here. (Have more suggestions? Add them here.) Ways to use your Mac Server Now when you say to yourself “I’d love to try a Mac server but I just don’t know what I’d do with it” then you can take a look at this list. It’s a mix of Mac apps, open-source projects, and iOS tools.

#VIRTUALHOSTX INSTALLATION TUTORIAL UPDATE#

I’ve decided to update that list and add some new ones that have come along in the last little while. Our Mac mini subscriptions can be activated instantly (with a public IP address) so it's much easier to get started.įive years ago today, I wrote a post about ways you might use a Mac server. There are a lot of great hosting options out there these days, but it's nice to work with a server where the OS is familiar and you know you control the whole stack of hardware and software. I tell people about using a Mac mini as a server and they just love the idea of it. I've been working with Mac hosting for about thirteen years.

Virtualhostx installation tutorial