Running hudson it is easy but currently the documentation is missing the tutorial for installing an running hudson as a daemon/service on OS X.
When you switch to p
The correct solution is to install hudson inside tomcat and make tomcat run as daemon
This will also meet the security requirements and allow you to upgrade hudson with ease.
Here is the full guide for OS X 10.6: https://serverfault.com/questions/183496/full-guide-for-installing-tomcat-on-os-x/183527#183527