New in Lion Server, Profile Manager is the most substantial new service added to Mac OS X Server in recent memory. A lot of engineering has gone into it since the introduction in 10.7.0 and in 10.7.3, Profile Manager represents a service that is ready for actual deployments. I have written a number of articles about Profile Manager, but they all revolved around working with Profile Manager once the service is setup and configured. Therefore, I have decided to document the steps used to take a system out of the box and configure it for Profile Manager. ![]() Before we get started, let’s prep the system for the service. This starts with configuring a static IP address and properly configuring a host name for the server. In this example, the IP address will be 192.168.210.75 and the hostname will be mdm.pretendco.com. We’ll also be using a self-signed certificate, although it’s easy enough to generate a CSR and install it ahead of time. For the purposes of this example, we have installed Server from the App Store (and done nothing else with Server except open it the first time so it downloads all of its components from the web) and configured the static IP address using the Network System Preferences. Next, we’ll set the hostname using scutil. Sudo scutil --set HostName mdm.pretendco.com Then the ComputerName: sudo scutil --set ComputerName mdm.pretendco. Sony vaio pcg-6l2m driver for mac. com And finally, the LocalHostName: sudo scutil --set LocalHostName mdm Now check changeip: sudo changeip -checkhostname The changeip command should output something similar to the following: Primary address = 192.168.210.75 Current HostName = mdm.pretendco.com DNS HostName = mdm.pretendco.com The names match. There is nothing to change. Dirserv:success = 'success' Provided the IP address and hostname are correct, then if you don’t see the success and that the names match, you might have some DNS work to do next, according to whether you will be hosting DNS on this server as well. If you will be hosting your own DNS on the Profile Manager server, then the server’s DNS setting should be set to the IP address of the Server. I have downloaded and installed the Server Admin Tools and then opened Server Admin, connected to the server and configured just the mdm server as a single record in the pretendco.com zone: Provided your DNS looks just like this (your host name not mine) then changeip should work. If you’re hosting DNS on an Active Directory integrated DNS server or some other box then just make sure you have a forward and reverse record for the hostname/IP in question. Now let’s open the Server app from the Applications directory. Here, use the Next Steps drawer at the bottom and verify that the Configure Network section reads that “Your network is configured properly” as can be seen here: Profile Manager is built atop the web service, APNS and Open Directory. Therefore, let’s close the Next Steps drawer, click on the Web service and just hit start. We’re not going to configure anything else with this service in this article so as not to accidentally break Profile Manager.
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