User`s guide

14 Preface About This Guide
 iChat service. Mac OS X Server provides instant messaging for Macintosh, Windows,
and Linux users. User authentication is integrated into Open Directory, and setup and
administration of iChat service is done using the graphical Server Admin application.
What’s in This Guide
This guide includes five chapters.
 Chapter 1, “Installation and Setup Overview,” is a road map to details presented in
later chapters. It surveys the stages of installation and initial server setup and the
options available to you during each stage.
 Chapter 2, “Before You Begin,” helps you think about how to maximize the benefits of
Mac OS X Server in your environment, address server user and administrator needs,
and identify server and service prerequisites that affect installation and initial setup.
 Chapter 3, “Installing Server Software,” provides detailed instructions for several
methods of installing Mac OS X Server software.
 Chapter 4, “Initial Server Setup,” explains how to set up the basic characteristics of
Mac OS X Server interactively or automatically. It also describes what to do after initial
setup.
 Chapter 5, “Server Administration,”describes the graphical applications you can use to
administer Mac OS X Server locally on the server or remotely from another server or
an administrator computer.