On 2018-04-16, at 5:43 PM, Craig Treleaven wrote: >> On Apr 16, 2018, at 7:39 PM, Richard L. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "In fall 2018, Apple will stop bundling open source services such as >> Calendar Server, Contacts Server, the Mail Server, DNS, DHCP, VPN Server, >> and Websites with macOS Server. Customers can get these same services >> directly from open-source providers. This way, macOS Server customers can >> install the most secure and up-to-date services as soon as they’re >> available." https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208312 >> >> For which of these (and others listed on the link) is there already a port, >> esp. for the recommended (or most nearly identical) replacement? How about >> management GUIs? >> >> Should there maybe also be a mention on a FAQ or wiki page of the collective >> availability of easily installable alternatives via MacPorts? If MacPorts >> is able to provide replacements for most of the functionality, would further >> publicity be appropriate? >> >> Anything else that might be an opportunity to mitigate this annoyance that I >> haven't mentioned? >> > > I got as far as finding Apple’s detailed documentation on the open source > alternatives to the features that are being removed from Server. > > https://developer.apple.com/support/macos-server/macOS-Server-Service-Migration-Guide.pdf > > Clearly, MacPorts would make it much easier to install a number of these > software packages compared to the manual build processes outlined in the > migration document. > > A wiki page showing MacPorts alternatives might be a good start. Some are > obvious but in other cases there may be multiple packages that might suit a > particular installation. If the page contains the right keywords, it ought > to be easy enough to find. > > Craig >
I wonder if webmin <http://www.webmin.com/> would be able to fill in the front end to this, with a bit of tweaking. it's been around a while, and has a lot of this kind of front-ending in mind... I was trying to get this set up previously, and started this up <https://github.com/kencu/myports/blob/master/net/webmin/Portfile> but never finished the full configuration. Ken
