[FX.php List] FMS 13

[Bob Patin]

My recommendation is to use 10.8.5 if your machine will accept it…

I agree, the whole problem between OS X Server & FM Server 13/14 is a major issue for web publishing, and FMI needs to find a way to fix it. Just yesterday, one of my clients’ Apple rep (this guy is clueless) installed OS X Server on top of his FMS 14 machine, which totally messed it up. He’s going to have to do a clean install to undo what the Apple guy did (without asking for my guidance, of course). This same Apple rep told my client (I didn’t interrupt) that Apple Remote Desktop was no longer in existence… which is odd considering i use it every day. :)

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> On Jun 17, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Dale Bengston <dale.bengston at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hmm, yeah, that’s what I’m doing. I have my Mac Pro set up with FMS13/WPE and the code for my app (and FX) is on another web dev machine. I started to install FMS13 on my web dev machine, but I can’t afford to have FMS13 “own" port 80 on that machine. In a word, lame.
> 
> All this rigamarole is because I can’t bring up FMS12 on anything I’ve got. I even put a clean copy of 10.6.8 Snow Leopard on an old Mac Mini and put FMS12 on it, and no matter what I try, I can’t get the admin console to start. 
> 
> But that’s a gripe for another day… I’ll just go with FMS13 if I can figure this out.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dale
> 
>> On Jun 17, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com <mailto:bob at patin.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Well, here’s the thing: OS X Server & FM Server don’t play well for web publishing. Starting with FMS 13, I moved to a hybrid setup like this:
>> 
>> MACHINE 1
>> FM Server
>> Web Publishing Engine
>> 
>> MACHINE 2
>> web server
>> 
>> FX server data points to machine 1
>> 
>> Not a 2-machine install because the WPE is on machine 1, but this way I can use the same web server for multiple FMS machines.
>> 
>> Bob Patin
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>>> On Jun 17, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Dale Bengston <dale.bengston at gmail.com <mailto:dale.bengston at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the things to check. I’m using FX.php v6.0. That’s the latest production release, I think?
>>> 
>>> The database is named exactly as it is for the production server. I've never used extensions in my server_data, so that’s not it either.
>>> 
>>> Also, I should mention that client-server is working, so I can verify the databases are active and editable, and permissions are set right, and the server is actually serving FileMaker goodness.
>>> 
>>> I seem to remember some issues with a one-machine install for web? Is this a problem? I can’t say I’m really happy about FMS13 insisting on taking over port 80. The more complex FMS installs get over time, the more I lose interest in the platform.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dale
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