CJ, Why not host it on the machine you have it installed on? If your LAN has access to the internet through a firewall, simply port forward your koha installation to an available outside IP. Randy Rowe Lincoln City Libraries I.T. -----Original Message----- From: "cjwalke" <cjwalke@mofga.org> Sent 1/25/2011 9:47:46 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Web hosting I'm looking into web hosting options for our library's catalog and would appreciate advice. Our OPAC is accessible to patrons from inside our LAN, but I'd like to have it accessible from anywhere. I've contacted a few providers for quotes and it's looking like a cost of $1000 (US) per year. I work for a small non-profit and don't have much of a budget to work with, that's why I chose Koha and currently have spent only $100 for hardware. I'd appreciate any advice and I certainly do not mean to offend any hosting providers that are part of this forum. Thank you, C.J. Walke, MLIS Librarian Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association www.mofga.org -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Web-hosting-tp3356495p3356495.html Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ����������
Hi, On Jan 25, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Randall Rowe wrote:
Why not host it on the machine you have it installed on? If your LAN has access to the internet through a firewall, simply port forward your koha installation to an available outside IP.
An excellent suggestion. Also, if the MOFGA's website is hosted on a box owned or controlled by the association, another option might be to install Koha there and copy your database over. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton VP, Data Services Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source email: gmc@esilibrary.com direct: +1 352-215-7548 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/
On 26 January 2011 09:03, Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com> wrote:
Hi,
On Jan 25, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Randall Rowe wrote:
Why not host it on the machine you have it installed on? If your LAN has access to the internet through a firewall, simply port forward your koha installation to an available outside IP.
An excellent suggestion. Also, if the MOFGA's website is hosted on a box owned or controlled by the association, another option might be to install Koha there and copy your database over.
I also concur, its fairly impossible to offer hosting at much less than that, certainly here in NZ we couldn't, not with the cost of bandwidth, sysadmin time, hardware, etc. Chris
Randall Rowe wrote:
Why not host it on the machine you have it installed on? If your LAN has access to the internet through a firewall, simply port forward your koha installation to an available outside IP.
While I agree with this, people need to be aware of some of the problems of placing a server on the Internet, where it is vulnerable to all kinds of hack attacks from porno websites to "roaming" bittorrents. At the minimum, I would suggest working with the robots.txt file to disallow Google, Yahoo, etc. from hitting your computer, since they can hit very hard, and in fact, I learned the hard way by having my little server crash repeatedly until I finally shut them out. Making very regular backups is absolutely necessary! Running your own web server is a learning experience! James L. Weinheimer j.weinheimer@aur.edu Director of Library and Information Services The American University of Rome Rome, Italy First Thus: http://catalogingmatters.blogspot.com/ email: gmc@esilibrary.com direct: +1 352-215-7548 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Hi, On Jan 25, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Weinheimer Jim wrote:
While I agree with this, people need to be aware of some of the problems of placing a server on the Internet, where it is vulnerable to all kinds of hack attacks from porno websites to "roaming" bittorrents. At the minimum, I would suggest working with the robots.txt file to disallow Google, Yahoo, etc. from hitting your computer, since they can hit very hard, and in fact, I learned the hard way by having my little server crash repeatedly until I finally shut them out. Making very regular backups is absolutely necessary!
Googlebot is an interesting case. On the one hand, sure, it can sometimes put more of a load on a library catalog than is desirable. On the other hand, there are a number of Koha databases that are indexed in Google; while I'm not sure that there's any immediate benefit to that at the moment, the possibilities are interesting. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton VP, Data Services Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source email: gmc@esilibrary.com direct: +1 352-215-7548 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/
Galen Charlton wrote: <snip> Googlebot is an interesting case. On the one hand, sure, it can sometimes put more of a load on a library catalog than is desirable. On the other hand, there are a number of Koha databases that are indexed in Google; while I'm not sure that there's any immediate benefit to that at the moment, the possibilities are interesting. </snip> Is there a quick and easy export to make a Google site map? That would be the best solution. I think having my records in Google, especially for the freely-accessible websites that I catalog, would be good. For the books on my shelves, it's probably useless. James L. Weinheimer j.weinheimer@aur.edu Director of Library and Information Services The American University of Rome Rome, Italy First Thus: http://catalogingmatters.blogspot.com/
On 26 January 2011 09:37, Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com> wrote:
Hi,
On Jan 25, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Weinheimer Jim wrote:
While I agree with this, people need to be aware of some of the problems of placing a server on the Internet, where it is vulnerable to all kinds of hack attacks from porno websites to "roaming" bittorrents. At the minimum, I would suggest working with the robots.txt file to disallow Google, Yahoo, etc. from hitting your computer, since they can hit very hard, and in fact, I learned the hard way by having my little server crash repeatedly until I finally shut them out. Making very regular backups is absolutely necessary!
Googlebot is an interesting case. On the one hand, sure, it can sometimes put more of a load on a library catalog than is desirable. On the other hand, there are a number of Koha databases that are indexed in Google; while I'm not sure that there's any immediate benefit to that at the moment, the possibilities are interesting.
You can do things like this for example http://www.google.co.nz/#hl=en&xhr=t&q=harry+potter+azkaban+levin+library&fp=f7a3b585cf0f93bb http://www.google.co.nz/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=harry%20potter%20hauraki%20%20library&fp=f7a3b585cf0f93bb Chris
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