Apple Content Caches

The color of the cache indicates the color of the client being served.

Content caches should be excluded from enrolling into MDM.

macOS Setup Screens:

• Country/Region: United States
• Accessibility: Not Now
• Connect to a WiFi network: connect an ethernet cable.
• User Account:
  • Name: SOTO Admin
  • Username: sotoadmin
  • Password: Generate a password and store it in the password database.
• Transfer information: Not now
• Sign in with your Apple ID: Not now
• Screen Time: Not Now
• Enable Siri: Not Now
• Choose your look: Continue

Check for updates: Settings > General > Software Updates

Settings > General > About

• Name : “Apple Cache <AssetTag>”

Settings > General > Sharing

• Remote Login: Enable
• Remote Management: Enable
  • Options > Only these users:
    • SOTO Admin; Enable All Access Options
• Remote Apple Events: Enable
• Content Caching: Enable
  • Share: Internet Connection: Enable
  • Hold Alt and Click Advanced Options
    • Clients
      • Cache content for: devices using the custom local networks
        • IP range to be served. Example for High School subnet 10.100.0.0-10.100.255.255.
      • My local networks: use custom public IP addresses
        • 71.86.47.96 - 71.86.47.103
        • 204.184.43.0 - 204.184.43.255
    • Peers
      • Share content with: content caches using custom local networks
      • 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
• Displays > Advanced
  • Prevent automatic sleeping when the display is off: Enable
• Energy Saver
  • Start up automatically after power failure true

For clients to locate content caches; A DNS record needs to be placed within one of their search domains. Search domains are configured in their DHCP scope or manually in the clients network configuration.

_applcache._tcp.<search domain zone> TXT "prs=71.86.47.96-71.86.47.96,204.184.43.0-204.184.43.255"

Native VLAN: VLAN primarily be targeted for service.

AssetCacheLocatorUtil - run this from client devices to see what caches are available.

AssetCacheManagerUtil - run this from content caches to monitor and manage the caching service.