Without a doubt, my iPhone has completely changed how I manage my Mac OS X Servers. It used to be that I had to carry around a laptop if I wanted to be able to access my servers while away from my desk. The power and flexability of the iPhone allows me to monitor and administer my servers from just about anywhere. Here are the iPhone apps I use regularly to do so:

Bjango’s iStat. ($1.99). This is my favorite app. It allows me to see the health and status of my servers at a glance. Yes, I could install Simon, Lithium, Nagios, or a similar type of monitoring software and access their status pages via Safari on the iPhone, but this is much easier.

Server Admin Remote. ($4.99). This is another must-have app. Server Admin Remote allows me to toggle services on my Leopard servers, check services statuses, and most importantly, read my log files.

Zinger-soft iSSH. ($3.99). Quite simply enough, this allows me to SSH to my servers. I’m still searching for the best SSH iPhone app. I’m moderately happy enough with iSSH but am on the lookout for a better replacement. For now, it’s adequate.

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