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Can I use Lion server to push updates to my mac clients

Hi Everyone,


I was wondering if I can run Lion server and use my clients (OS X ranging from 10.5 to 10.7) to pull updates from this server instead from Apple. Is it easy to setup Mac Update server?


Thanks,

Posted on Sep 6, 2011 7:57 AM

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Posted on Sep 6, 2011 8:22 AM

You can indeed. You need to download the additional server tools from Apple. You can then use Server Admin to setup the software update service. This will mirror all the updates from Apple on your server. The last piece of the puzzle is to use Profile Manager to change your clients to use the URL of your local server instead of direct from Apple.

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Sep 6, 2011 8:22 AM in response to rsharma55

You can indeed. You need to download the additional server tools from Apple. You can then use Server Admin to setup the software update service. This will mirror all the updates from Apple on your server. The last piece of the puzzle is to use Profile Manager to change your clients to use the URL of your local server instead of direct from Apple.

Sep 8, 2011 3:56 AM in response to rsharma55

There is a simple way for unmanaged clients.


To point an unmanaged client to your update server, enter the following command in terminal:


sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL http://<your_server>:8088/index-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog


(replace <your_server> with the dns name of your update server. If the unmanaged client runs snowleopard or leopard, adjust the url accordingly. For snowleopard clients, remove the "lion-" part. For leopard clients, remove the "lion-snowleopard-" part

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