Many Mac users were wowed by Apple’s Mac mini server package when it was announced, but at $1,000, it’s still a bit too pricey for even the average person to justify shelling out the cash for a home server. Fear not true believers, we’re going to show you how to turn that old Intel Mac you’ve got lying around into a server that can duplicate many of Snow Leopard Server’s features without shelling out another penny. Difficulty Level Hard What You Need > Intel Mac > OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (We recommend the Snow Leopard Family Pack) > MAMP (Free) > OpenFire (Free) > XCode > QuickTime Broadcaster (Free) > Router that supports Port Forwarding (We used the Airport Extreme) Serving up Web Pages Mac OS X comes with the Apache web server built in, but if you want to easily have access to MySQL (for databases), PHP (web programming language), or Perl (another programming language), then we suggest you install XAMPP or MAMP , which includes Apache, PHP, Perl, and other tools in a lightweight package that you can install with just one download. For this tutorial, we’ll install MAMP, but you could choose XAMPP as well. Instructions on how to install each package are available on both sites. Head to the MAMP download page and grab MAMP. We’ll be using the free version of MAMP to set up our web server. Once the application is downloaded, extract the .dmg file and drag the MAMP folder to your applications folder. To start the web server navigate to Applications > MAMP and launch the MAMP application. After you’ve launched MAMP, click on the Open Start Page button.
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Create a Cheap Server Using the Regular Snow Leopard Install
