Using Tools for Monitoring

You will now learn about the tools you can use to monitor your Lion Server. Later chapters in this book address configuring the various services on your Lion Server.

This section covers using the Server app, Server Admin, and the Server Status widget.

Connecting to a Lion Server with the Server App on an Administrator Computer

If you use the Server app from an administrator computer, you need to specify a Lion Server to connect to, as well as administrator credentials. Additionally, you need to trust the SSL certificate, but you need to do that only the first time you connect to a specific Lion Server.

1. If necessary, open the Server app.

Do not click Continue, as this is the start of installing Lion Server. You will ...

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