Change your leopard to the Mac OS X System Publishing Server (1)

Turn your leopard into the Mac OS X System Publishing Server
-- Deploystudio installation and configuration

1. Overview:
2. 1. Create sharing and user groups:
   1. 1. Create a share account)
   2. 2. configuration file sharing:
   3. 3. Create a user group and another shared user:
3. 2. Enable the netboot service:
4. 3. Install deploystudio.
   1. 1. Download and install:
   2. 2. Configuration:
      • A. Create a netboot image file.
      • B. Set the deploystudio service:
5. 4. deploystudio management:
   1. 1. upload files:
   2. 2. Custom process:
   3. 3. computer database:
   4. 4. Others:
6. V. Test/troubleshooting/Maintenance

 

 

This article is divided into three parts:
Change your leopard to the Mac OS X System Publishing Server (1)
Change your leopard to the Mac OS X System Publishing Server (2)
Change your leopard to the Mac OS X System Publishing Server (3)

Overview:

 

Why do I need a Publishing Server for Mac OS X? Old 8 and old 3 in the dormitory said, "Brother 3, open your machine and a friend's machine will install your Super Mac system. "Laosan:" It's easy to say, but it's not too early. Dinner ...?", "This is also used to explain the old rule. By the way, what is the username and password of brother three ?" "No, XXX and OOO are at least hard to remember. When I open the settings, you can connect to the Internet, press and hold the n key, select the first one, and press Enter ."..... Two minutes later, the old Three said, "Well, let it walk by ourselves. We should have done it ."

In fact, here we will introduce such an operating system installation method, and provide more features, such as publishing applications and patches-although it is not as convenient as Apple's Update Service. Specifically, activate the netboot service of the client and use the free
Deploystudio is actually a predecessor of deploystudio, netrestore. This method has been implemented by multiple segments in our system and runs
Good, although there will be problems, but it is easy to solve at present, the system is also stable and reliable in terms of operation.

One limitation: Here we only talk about how to implement all the above functions on an apple client. In fact, it can fully implement distributed features. For example, netboot can be enabled on multiple machines, system images can be completely separated from deploystudio services.

Before getting started, let's briefly talk about the system release process. This is basically the case,
The system administrator first makes the system core image file (DMG), and the software or patch program into one or more software installation packages, then uploads them to the shared folder specified by the publishing server, and the Administrator then edits
A workflow, set other parameters, and enable the Publishing Service, so that a Publishing Server is ready. The client needs to reinstall the operating system for various reasons.
After the network connection is normal, press and hold the n key while enabling the computer. Apple automatically starts the computer from the boot system provided by the netboot service. For details, see:

An EMAC (G4)

 

A Mac Pro (G5)

Then a System Publishing Server is automatically found (or can be specified by the user). After the user confirms, select one of the workflows specified by the system administrator,

One MacBook (Intel)

After a period of time, the computer restarts automatically, and a brand new system is installed on the computer and ready for use.