Apple 10.6 manual Address Book Service, ICal Service, IChat Service

Address Book Service

Changing the IP address of an Address Book server does not affect new connections to the server; however, it can disconnect existing client connections. If you manually edited the BindHTTPPorts or BindSSLPorts options in the carddavd.plist file, edit them again and restart the service.

Changing the DNS name of an Address Book server necessitates restarting the service. If you manually edited the ServerHostName setting in the carddavd.plist file, you might need to do so again before restarting the service.

iCal Service

The iCal Server is based on the same underlying technology as the Address Book Server, so the needs are the same.

Changing the IP address of an iCal server does not affect new connections to the server; however, it can disconnect existing client connections. If you manually edited the BindHTTPPorts or BindSSLPorts options in the caldav.plist file, you must edit them again and restart the service.

Changing the DNS name of an iCal server necessitates restarting the service. If you manually edited the ServerHostName setting in the caldavd.plist file, you might need do so again before restarting the service.

iChat Service

The iChat service is highly resilient to network and identity changes on the primary Ethernet port. No additional configuration is necessary if you’ve changed the DNS name or IP address of the iChat server.

However, the jabber IDs associated with the server do not update to the new iChat server DNS name. For example, changing the server from example.com to example.net, Joe’s jabber ID (joe@example.com) doesn’t migrate to joe@example.net.

The jabber IDs for service users can be changed using the jabber_autobuddy tool. The tools modifies the database by changing the @host.com part of user names associated with the old domain to reflect the new domain, as well as secondary references (individual- and group-based buddies) that reference the old domain.

To migrate the jabber IDs, run the following commands:

sudo serveradmin stop jabber

sudo jabber_autobuddy --move-domain <old_domain> <new_domain> sudo serveradmin start jabber

Additionally, the tool makes an automatic backup of the previous database (/var/jabberd/sqlite/jabberd2_bak.db), which can be stored or restored as needed.

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