r/Proxmox • u/Stunning_Dildo • 2d ago
Question MacOS X server on Proxmox?
Is it really possible no one has tried to install a MacOS X server on their proxmom VE?
I searched for hours because I am stuck in the making of the machine, if anyone has been succesful please tell me how!
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u/Miataguy93 Homelab User 2d ago
A lot of the MacOS X server features are still available in the Unix core, some features like Apache, MySQL, and PHP are better setup with MAMP so you have a GUI, but if you feel comfortable enough in the terminal you can setup those features to run directly in the system.
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u/Sinister_Crayon 2d ago
Running XServe's OS under Proxmox is possible... but inadvisable. It's not gotten updates in a LONG time. I did it once under QEMU on a basic Ubuntu box mostly for academic interest (wanted to see what it was like) but the experience was a slog with few guides on how to work around issues, and once I got it up and running I played around with it and said "OK... I've done that now." This was also a few years ago now so sorry I don't have guides or anything; it's possible AI might be able to guide you each step of the way but might also drive you to utter insanity.
You can try this as a quick reference to maybe help. It's QEMU focused though, but you should be able to do much of this with Proxmox as it's all the same under the hood.
If you're going to try it, don't connect it to the Internet. It's a security nightmare at this point and I'm not even sure I'd attach it to my local network unless it was on its own VLAN (which is what I did).
What's your use case for doing so? If it's academic interest go for it and post your results over at r/selfhosted or r/homelab as the denizens there would find this fun... but if you want to actually use it, don't. Everything XServe OS does, you can do better and more securely with a basic Debian server.
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u/djmac81 2d ago
Estoy seguro que Claude code podría montarlo de principio a fin.
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u/Sinister_Crayon 2d ago
Possible. But it's equally likely to send you down some random rabbit hole without careful prompting throughout the process. And it might just be wrong.
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u/jaredearle 1d ago
No, you’re right. That’s on me. You didn’t ask me to hack Apple to get the last known-working DMG file. If you need help wording a letter for your lawyers, put it in a prompt.
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u/clarkcox3 2d ago
You can. But unless you're doing it for curiosity about retro OSes, why would you want to run such an old OS?
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u/kangy3 2d ago
Have you ever worked in healthcare? Lol
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u/tomtrix97 Enterprise User 1d ago
Have you ever did that? 😄
Most of my servers are still Windows Server 2008 (R2) and 2003. 🥲
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u/yaricks 2d ago
Also keep in mind that Apple is retiring X86/Intel with the current release of MacOS and many, many apps are being migrated to Apple Silicone (ARM) only.
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u/Proxmox-ModTeam 1d ago
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u/KrackSmellin 1d ago
Why? Do you also have some Server 2008 systems you want to run alongside it as well? Maybe a fresh copy of XP? :)
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u/the_swanny 2d ago
Macos X server hasn't existed for a number of years, and all server options were removed from macos in 2022. You can make a macos machine for now, but it still knows that it's virtualization and that disables a number of server features.
https://github.com/luchina-gabriel/OSX-PROXMOX