Koha - Red Hat question
All, We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward…. I hear rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone share best practices on Red Hat and Koha From: Callaghan, Michael D. Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:55 AM To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library Subject: RE: Koha meeting today Do you know what version of Red Hat we have here? The Koha wiki shows that getting it running under 6.x should be pretty straightforward. http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Redhat_Enterprise_6
All, We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward…. I hear rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone share best practices on Red Hat and Koha From: Callaghan, Michael D. Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:55 AM To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library Subject: RE: Koha meeting today Do you know what version of Red Hat we have here? The Koha wiki shows that getting it running under 6.x should be pretty straightforward. http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Redhat_Enterprise_6
All, We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward…. I hear rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone share best practices on Red Hat and Koha
David, as Koha depends on Apache+MySQL+Perl+Zebra then it could probably run on any Linux distribution,
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library < David.W.Hartman@disney.com> wrote: the difference is on how much work you need to set it up. Most important thing is your Perl version, you need >= 5.10. Is that's not the case, you need to compile Perl and all the needed modules. Doable, but too much work. If you have the right Perl, check how many needed modules can install from packages (you need all listed by koha_perl_deps:pl -m -u) The more you have, less work. Check if your distribution have Zebra, if not compile it. With that dependencies solved, Koha can run happily without problems. Regards, Bernardo PS: I installed Koha 3.10 on CentOS 5.3, so I had to do all the work.
Barring other reasons, I would recommend running Koha on Debian whenever possible. It is the most common platform to run Koha on, and you can even install it from packages! http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.x_on_Debian_Squeeze#Debian_packag... Kyle http://www.kylehall.info ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com ) Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org ) Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com ) On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library < David.W.Hartman@disney.com> wrote:
All, We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward…. I hear rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone share best practices on Red Hat and Koha
From: Callaghan, Michael D. Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:55 AM To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library Subject: RE: Koha meeting today
Do you know what version of Red Hat we have here? The Koha wiki shows that getting it running under 6.x should be pretty straightforward. http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Redhat_Enterprise_6
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The problem David and I are facing is that we have been directed to move our Koha server into a data center that is managed by our corporate IT personnel. They only support RHEL 6 and Windows Server 2008, and will not allow us to install any other OS. Given that limitation, would you recommend we push forward and try to install on RHEL, or should we abandon the attempt and find another application? Regards, Mike From: Kyle Hall [mailto:kyle.m.hall@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 7:41 AM To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library Cc: Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz; Callaghan, Michael D. Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question Barring other reasons, I would recommend running Koha on Debian whenever possible. It is the most common platform to run Koha on, and you can even install it from packages! http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.x_on_Debian_Squeeze#Debian_packag... Kyle http://www.kylehall.info ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com ) Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org ) Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com ) On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library <David.W.Hartman@disney.com<mailto:David.W.Hartman@disney.com>> wrote: All, We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward.... I hear rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone share best practices on Red Hat and Koha From: Callaghan, Michael D. Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:55 AM To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library Subject: RE: Koha meeting today Do you know what version of Red Hat we have here? The Koha wiki shows that getting it running under 6.x should be pretty straightforward. http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Redhat_Enterprise_6 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
The problem Mike and I are facing is that we have been directed to move our Koha server into a data center that is managed by our corporate IT personnel. They only support RHEL 6 and Windows Server 2008, and will not allow us to install any other OS. Given that limitation, would you recommend we push forward and try to install on RHEL? Thanks for your help! David From: Kyle Hall [mailto:kyle.m.hall@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 7:41 AM To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library Cc: Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz>; Callaghan, Michael D. Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question Barring other reasons, I would recommend running Koha on Debian whenever possible. It is the most common platform to run Koha on, and you can even install it from packages! http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.x_on_Debian_Squeeze#Debian_packag... Kyle http://www.kylehall.info ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com ) Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org ) Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com ) On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library <David.W.Hartman@disney.com<mailto:David.W.Hartman@disney.com>> wrote: All, We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward.... I hear rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone share best practices on Red Hat and Koha From: Callaghan, Michael D. Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:55 AM To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library Subject: RE: Koha meeting today Do you know what version of Red Hat we have here? The Koha wiki shows that getting it running under 6.x should be pretty straightforward. http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Redhat_Enterprise_6 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library < David.W.Hartman@disney.com> wrote:
The problem Mike and I are facing is that we have been directed to move our Koha server into a data center that is managed by our corporate IT personnel. They only support RHEL 6 and Windows Server 2008, and will not allow us to install any other OS. Given that limitation, would you recommend we push forward and try to install on RHEL?
I would say yes.
Yes. You should definitely go head. I would just recommend Debian when you have a choice. You should definitely be able to run Koha on RHEL since that is what you have available. Kyle http://www.kylehall.info ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com ) Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org ) Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com ) On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library < David.W.Hartman@disney.com> wrote:
The problem Mike and I are facing is that we have been directed to move our Koha server into a data center that is managed by our corporate IT personnel. They only support RHEL 6 and Windows Server 2008, and will not allow us to install any other OS. Given that limitation, would you recommend we push forward and try to install on RHEL?****
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*From:* Kyle Hall [mailto:kyle.m.hall@gmail.com <kyle.m.hall@gmail.com>] *Sent:* Monday, April 08, 2013 7:41 AM *To:* Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library *Cc:* Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz; Callaghan, Michael D. *Subject:* Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question****
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Barring other reasons, I would recommend running Koha on Debian whenever possible. It is the most common platform to run Koha on, and you can even install it from packages!****
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On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library < David.W.Hartman@disney.com> wrote:****
All, We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward…. I hear rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone share best practices on Red Hat and Koha
From: Callaghan, Michael D. Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:55 AM To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library Subject: RE: Koha meeting today
Do you know what version of Red Hat we have here? The Koha wiki shows that getting it running under 6.x should be pretty straightforward. http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Redhat_Enterprise_6
_______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha****
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Hi, On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:30 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library <David.W.Hartman@disney.com> wrote:
The problem Mike and I are facing is that we have been directed to move our Koha server into a data center that is managed by our corporate IT personnel. They only support RHEL 6 and Windows Server 2008, and will not allow us to install any other OS. Given that limitation, would you recommend we push forward and try to install on RHEL?
Since RHEL6 includes Perl 5.10, that at least removes one major barrier, and installing Koha on that platform is certainly doable -- and it's even more so if you're allowed to pull dependencies from EPEL and RPMForge. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: gmc@esilibrary.com direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org
Greetings, You may have to CPAN some libraries in -- even with RPMForge and EPEL. :( I was playing with CentOS 6.3 and found this issue. Though, I was beginning to play with cpan2rpm, which would hopefully allow for future upgrading as the libraries become available in the default repos. And though it is strongly recommended against to install from CPAN (because upgrading becomes a CPAN only option), Koha can function just fine under RHEL 6. GPML, Mark Tompsett
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 07:58:56AM -0400, Callaghan, Michael D. wrote:
The problem David and I are facing is that we have been directed to move our Koha server into a data center that is managed by our corporate IT personnel. They only support RHEL 6 and Windows Server 2008, and will not allow us to install any other OS. Given that limitation, would you recommend we push forward and try to install on RHEL, or should we abandon the attempt and find another application? If you know your way around RHEL it is straightforward. You may have to build a couple of dependencies by hand. There are some perl modules required that are not available in red hat. Just choose a consistent way to handle them. Using cpanminus is the easiest way to install them, if your corporate IT want you to use rpms the package cpanplus can be used to build rpm specs and packages for those modules without difficulty. Cheers Colin
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Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel -
Callaghan, Michael D. -
Colin Campbell -
Galen Charlton -
Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library -
Kyle Hall -
Mark Tompsett