Release Notes
OS X Server Preview
OS X Server Preview (Build 13S289i) is now available for testing. This version is
designed for OS X Mavericks and includes many new features and improvements.
Minimum System Requirements
To install OS X Server Preview, you need one of these computers:
• iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
• MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
• MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
• Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
• Xserve (Early 2009)
Your Mac needs:
• OS X Mavericks
• At least 2 GB of RAM
• At least 10 GB of available disk space (50 GB if you wish to use Caching Server)
Installation Instructions
Install OS X Server Preview on a computer running OS X Mavericks. If you are running
OS X v10.8.3 or v10.8.4 and have OS X Server v2.2.1, you can upgrade to OS X Server
Preview.
Noteworthy Changes and Areas to Test
OS X Server Preview adds support for Xcode Server, a new continuous integration
service for teams using Xcode 5. Developers can use OS X Server directly from within
the Xcode IDE to automatically integrate and archive their projects, automatically run
tests on multiple iOS devices, host Git repositories, and view a history of build and test
results. For more information about Xcode Server, consult the Continuous Integration
Guide available at
https://developer.apple.com/library/etc/...odeCIGuide.
OS X Server Preview also adds support for the industry standard SMB 2 file sharing
protocol; Caching Server 2 to speed up the download and delivery of software and
caching of files for iOS 7 devices; Profile Manager for managing OS X Mavericks and
iOS 7 along with software distribution of Apps and Books purchased from the App Store
volume licensing program; and Time Machine quotas to limit the amount of storage
available to each backup.
Bug Reporting
When reporting a bug, enter the following command in Terminal, then attach the output
to the bug report.
$ sudo /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/
serverloggather
Known Issues
Unsupported features
• Lion Server upgrade and migration is not supported in this version of OS X Server
Preview. Mountain Lion Server upgrade and migration is supported.
• Web calendars and blogs are not yet supported in this release.
Xcode service
For the list of Xcode service issues and workarounds, consult Xcode 5 Developer
Preview Release Notes.
Upgrade and migration
• Profile Manager may not work if installing OS X Server Preview (Build 13S289i) over
the previous version of OS X Server Preview (Build 13S263s).
Workaround:
1. Install OS X Server Preview (Build 13S289i) over OS X Server Preview (Build
13S263s). Wait for "Server app replacement detected" dialog.
2. Delete /Library/Server/Profile Manager (or corresponding directory if
Service Data is not on boot volume).
3. Run OS X Server Preview and promote as normal.
• Moving the Data Store location is not supported for Calendar and Xcode services in
this version of OS X Server Preview.
• After migrating or re-promoting Server app, Messages and Wiki services may not be
running.
Workaround: Turn the services ON using Server app.
• When migrating a large amount of Wiki data Server app presents error messages until
migration is complete.
Time Machine
• Users that already existed before configuring Time Machine may not have access to
the Backup volume.
# Workaround:
1. Choose Groups in the Accounts section
2. Choose Local Groups from the drop down selection
3. Choose Show System Accounts from the View menu
4. Scroll to and double click com.apple.access_backup in the list
5. Add any users to the group that should have access to the backup service
6. Click OK to complete and save the changes
7. Choose Hide System Accounts from the View menu to show only the expected
users and groups again
Server app
• If you experience problems viewing logs using Server app, quit and relaunch Server
app.
• When connecting to a remote server, the warning dialog may appear blank for a
server whose identity certificate is not valid. Select the "Continue" button to connect
to the server.
Device Management
• Device Management configuration may fail.
Workaround:
1. Enter the following command in Terminal:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/
com.apple.servermgr_info organizationName "My Organization
Name"
2. Re-run the device management wizard.
Internet accounts
• You may not be able to add an OS X Server account for an Active Directory user in the
Internet Accounts pane of System Preferences.
Workaround: For Active Directory users, add accounts in apps instead of in the
Internet Accounts pane of System Preferences.
Certificates
• Server app may not recognize Entrust certificate private keys.
Workaround:
Enter the following commands in Terminal:
$ sudo security import <private key> -k /Library/Keychains/
System.keychain -A
$ sudo security import entrustcert.crt -k /Library/Keychains/
System.keychain
Web services
• Server app can only be used to remotely manage Web service on OS X Mavericks if
the local machine has been promoted to Server.
Wiki
• Authenticated users may not be able to delete wiki pages.
OS X Mavericks issues with Server impact
Calendar and Contacts
• Changing a Shared Calendar from Read/Write to ReadOnly may require a relaunch of
Calendar on the client for the changes to be completely respected.
• OS X Mavericks Calendar and Contacts clients are only supported with SSL enabled
on the Calendar service for this version of OS X Server Preview.
• Only one delegate can be added using Calendar client for this version of OS X Server
Preview.
Mail
• If you experience problems viewing Mail Logs using Console, use Server app to view
the logs.
• The Mail app in OS X Mavericks doesn’t authenticate using password authentication
to an OS X Server hosting Mail service. This includes all previous versions of Mac OS
X Server.
#
Workaround: Choose an authentication method other than password (eg. use CRAMMD5)
on either the server, or on clients.