Introduction and questions about defaults configuration
Hi, I'm a retired librarian interested in some local community library projects. To this end I'm interested in being able to suggest Free/OSS library automation solutions to groups of people who may not normally think about using IT solutions because they either consider them to be too costly or too complicated. So what I'm planning to do is to set up a demonstration system on a redundant desktop box I've got kicking about the house. This will be a local system (i.e. will not have contact to the wider network) and so far I've got as far as installing Debian and Koha (via the Debian packages). MySQL is also installed. I do have a couple of questions, if I may. Having got as far as I mention above, the documentation then talks about configuring the defaults. There appear to be two: DOMAIN and INTRASUFFIX. What would I set DOMAIN to, if I wanted other computers on the local network to connect to Koha. Presumably I could always use 'localhost' for connections from the server itself and the server's NAT address (192.168.x.x) from other boxes, or have I misunderstood? But a nice domain name would be more impressive and less scary to the people I have in mind, so how would I go about setting that? And finally, what is INTRASUFFIX and what should I set it to? It means absolutely nothing to me. Many thanks for any help. Peter -- Yn rhedeg 5k Caerdydd i Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Corriendo el 5k de Cardiff para Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Running the Cardiff 5k for Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> JustGiving - Sponsor me now! <http://www.justgiving.com/tg-dyslexia>
Note: I think I got most of this right, but corrections from others on the list are welcome. I know a lot more about Koha than I did five years ago, but not everything. Hi Peter, Welcome to Koha! I hope you'll find it interesting. I'm running Koha in a small medical library (14,000 or so items including journals, monthly circulation in the high two figures). I have a test system running on an old computer, which sounds a lot like what you're looking for. It's part of our hospital intranet and inaccessible by the outside world. Here's the relevant part of /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf ## Apache virtual hosts creation variables # # Please note that the URLs are built like this: # OPAC: http://<OPACPREFIX><INSTANCE NAME><OPACSUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<OPACPORT> # STAFF: http://<INTRAPREFIX><INSTANCE NAME><INTRASUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<INTRAPORT> DOMAIN=".myDNSname.org" INTRAPORT="8080" INTRAPREFIX="" INTRASUFFIX="-intra" OPACPORT="80" OPACPREFIX="" OPACSUFFIX=" I don't have access to our DNS files, so I left the DOMAIN at the default. The disadvantage of this is that you have to get to Koha by its IP address (Let's pretend it's 192.168.5.10. Your router can probably assign static IP addresses.) instead of something easy (koha-test.org). The advantage is that you don't need to mess around configuring a domain name. I think you can do it by editing the HOSTS table on each computer on your network, but I've never gotten around to trying that. INTRAPORT is what the config file calls the staff interface. I think you can give it a name like koha-test.org-intra (that's what INTRASUFFIX is), but that's another thing I haven't done yet. I found it a lot simpler just to assign it a port number (8080) and get there by going to http://192.168.5.10:8080. Port 80 is the HTTP default port, so the OPACPORT goes there and all you have to type to get there is http://192.168.5.10. You also have to make sure the apache server is listening to both ports. This is what my /etc/apache2/ports.conf file looks like: # If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also # have to change the VirtualHost statement in # /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf Listen 80 Listen 8080 <IfModule ssl_module> Listen 443 </IfModule> <IfModule mod_gnutls.c> Listen 443 </IfModule> # vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet You also have to change 000-default.conf, but my setup has three instances of Koha running on the same box and I don't remember how to change 000-default.conf in a normal system. If the list or Google can't help, I can poke around to see if I can figure it out. I think that if the default apache web page comes up instead of Koha, it's a problem with 000-default.conf. That being said, and as much as I hate to say it, Koha isn't for every library. Most of my colleagues on the medical librarians' list recommend LibraryThing for small libraries with limited technical and cataloging skills. It's free for the first 200 books, more for $10 per year or $25 for life, and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh. Fred King Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center fred.king@medstar.net 202-877-6670 ORCID 0000-0001-5266-0279 Where’s the diastolic? Everybody ignores the poor little diastolic. --[Attending Physician] -----Original Message----- From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Peter Bradley Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:37 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Introduction and questions about defaults configuration Hi, I'm a retired librarian interested in some local community library projects. To this end I'm interested in being able to suggest Free/OSS library automation solutions to groups of people who may not normally think about using IT solutions because they either consider them to be too costly or too complicated. So what I'm planning to do is to set up a demonstration system on a redundant desktop box I've got kicking about the house. This will be a local system (i.e. will not have contact to the wider network) and so far I've got as far as installing Debian and Koha (via the Debian packages). MySQL is also installed. I do have a couple of questions, if I may. Having got as far as I mention above, the documentation then talks about configuring the defaults. There appear to be two: DOMAIN and INTRASUFFIX. What would I set DOMAIN to, if I wanted other computers on the local network to connect to Koha. Presumably I could always use 'localhost' for connections from the server itself and the server's NAT address (192.168.x.x) from other boxes, or have I misunderstood? But a nice domain name would be more impressive and less scary to the people I have in mind, so how would I go about setting that? And finally, what is INTRASUFFIX and what should I set it to? It means absolutely nothing to me. Many thanks for any help. Peter -- Yn rhedeg 5k Caerdydd i Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Corriendo el 5k de Cardiff para Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Running the Cardiff 5k for Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> JustGiving - Sponsor me now! <http://www.justgiving.com/tg-dyslexia> _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha MedStar Health is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare delivery system, the largest in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region. Nationally recognized for clinical quality in heart, orthopaedics, cancer and GI. IMPORTANT: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is private, confidential, or protected by attorney-client or other privilege. 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Hi Fred, It's 20:45 here now so I'll try out some stuff and reply properly tomorrow. However I couldn't resist replying to this: "... and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh." Da iawn! Gallai hynny fod yn ddefnyddiol iawn ar gyfer y llyfrgell sy gen i mewn golwg. Ond mi fasai'n well gen i ddefnyddio meddalwedd F/OSS os dwi'n gallu. Oes 'na gyfieithiad i'r Gymraeg ar gyfer Koha? Bydd rhaid imi edrych. Dylwn i fod wedi gwneud eisoes a dweud y gwir. So now you know that you managed to hit upon one of the probably very few Welsh speakers on the list. :) Best regards Peter -- Yn rhedeg 5k Caerdydd i Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Corriendo el 5k de Cardiff para Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Running the Cardiff 5k for Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> JustGiving - Sponsor me now! <http://www.justgiving.com/tg-dyslexia> El 03/05/16 a las 19:45, King, Fred escribió:
Note: I think I got most of this right, but corrections from others on the list are welcome. I know a lot more about Koha than I did five years ago, but not everything.
Hi Peter,
Welcome to Koha! I hope you'll find it interesting. I'm running Koha in a small medical library (14,000 or so items including journals, monthly circulation in the high two figures). I have a test system running on an old computer, which sounds a lot like what you're looking for. It's part of our hospital intranet and inaccessible by the outside world.
Here's the relevant part of /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf
## Apache virtual hosts creation variables # # Please note that the URLs are built like this: # OPAC: http://<OPACPREFIX><INSTANCE NAME><OPACSUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<OPACPORT> # STAFF: http://<INTRAPREFIX><INSTANCE NAME><INTRASUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<INTRAPORT> DOMAIN=".myDNSname.org" INTRAPORT="8080" INTRAPREFIX="" INTRASUFFIX="-intra" OPACPORT="80" OPACPREFIX="" OPACSUFFIX="
I don't have access to our DNS files, so I left the DOMAIN at the default. The disadvantage of this is that you have to get to Koha by its IP address (Let's pretend it's 192.168.5.10. Your router can probably assign static IP addresses.) instead of something easy (koha-test.org). The advantage is that you don't need to mess around configuring a domain name. I think you can do it by editing the HOSTS table on each computer on your network, but I've never gotten around to trying that.
INTRAPORT is what the config file calls the staff interface. I think you can give it a name like koha-test.org-intra (that's what INTRASUFFIX is), but that's another thing I haven't done yet. I found it a lot simpler just to assign it a port number (8080) and get there by going to http://192.168.5.10:8080. Port 80 is the HTTP default port, so the OPACPORT goes there and all you have to type to get there is http://192.168.5.10.
You also have to make sure the apache server is listening to both ports. This is what my /etc/apache2/ports.conf file looks like:
# If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also # have to change the VirtualHost statement in # /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
Listen 80 Listen 8080
<IfModule ssl_module> Listen 443 </IfModule>
<IfModule mod_gnutls.c> Listen 443 </IfModule>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
You also have to change 000-default.conf, but my setup has three instances of Koha running on the same box and I don't remember how to change 000-default.conf in a normal system. If the list or Google can't help, I can poke around to see if I can figure it out. I think that if the default apache web page comes up instead of Koha, it's a problem with 000-default.conf.
That being said, and as much as I hate to say it, Koha isn't for every library. Most of my colleagues on the medical librarians' list recommend LibraryThing for small libraries with limited technical and cataloging skills. It's free for the first 200 books, more for $10 per year or $25 for life, and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh.
Fred King Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center fred.king@medstar.net 202-877-6670 ORCID 0000-0001-5266-0279
Where’s the diastolic? Everybody ignores the poor little diastolic. --[Attending Physician]
-----Original Message----- From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Peter Bradley Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:37 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Introduction and questions about defaults configuration
Hi,
I'm a retired librarian interested in some local community library projects.
To this end I'm interested in being able to suggest Free/OSS library automation solutions to groups of people who may not normally think about using IT solutions because they either consider them to be too costly or too complicated.
So what I'm planning to do is to set up a demonstration system on a redundant desktop box I've got kicking about the house. This will be a local system (i.e. will not have contact to the wider network) and so far I've got as far as installing Debian and Koha (via the Debian packages). MySQL is also installed.
I do have a couple of questions, if I may.
Having got as far as I mention above, the documentation then talks about configuring the defaults. There appear to be two: DOMAIN and INTRASUFFIX. What would I set DOMAIN to, if I wanted other computers on the local network to connect to Koha. Presumably I could always use 'localhost' for connections from the server itself and the server's NAT address (192.168.x.x) from other boxes, or have I misunderstood? But a nice domain name would be more impressive and less scary to the people I have in mind, so how would I go about setting that?
And finally, what is INTRASUFFIX and what should I set it to? It means absolutely nothing to me.
Many thanks for any help.
Peter
At 08:49 PM 5/3/2016 +0100, Peter Bradley wrote:
Hi Fred,
It's 20:45 here now so I'll try out some stuff and reply properly tomorrow. However I couldn't resist replying to this:
"... and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh."
Da iawn! Gallai hynny fod yn ddefnyddiol iawn ar gyfer y llyfrgell sy gen i mewn golwg. Ond mi fasai'n well gen i ddefnyddio meddalwedd F/OSS os dwi'n gallu. Oes 'na gyfieithiad i'r Gymraeg ar gyfer Koha? Bydd rhaid imi edrych. Dylwn i fod wedi gwneud eisoes a dweud y gwir.
Being Highland born and bred, ach tha sinn an comhnaidh a' coimhead airson saor-thoileach. Leis gach deagh dhurachd -- Paul
So now you know that you managed to hit upon one of the probably very few Welsh speakers on the list.
:)
Best regards
Peter -- Yn rhedeg 5k Caerdydd i Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Corriendo el 5k de Cardiff para Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Running the Cardiff 5k for Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> JustGiving - Sponsor me now! <http://www.justgiving.com/tg-dyslexia>
El 03/05/16 a las 19:45, King, Fred escribió:
Note: I think I got most of this right, but corrections from others on the list are welcome. I know a lot more about Koha than I did five years ago, but not everything.
Hi Peter,
Welcome to Koha! I hope you'll find it interesting. I'm running Koha in a small medical library (14,000 or so items including journals, monthly circulation in the high two figures). I have a test system running on an old computer, which sounds a lot like what you're looking for. It's part of our hospital intranet and inaccessible by the outside world.
Here's the relevant part of /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf
## Apache virtual hosts creation variables # # Please note that the URLs are built like this: # OPAC: http://<OPACPREFIX><INSTANCE NAME><OPACSUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<OPACPORT> # STAFF: http://<INTRAPREFIX><INSTANCE NAME><INTRASUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<INTRAPORT> DOMAIN=".myDNSname.org" INTRAPORT="8080" INTRAPREFIX="" INTRASUFFIX="-intra" OPACPORT="80" OPACPREFIX="" OPACSUFFIX="
I don't have access to our DNS files, so I left the DOMAIN at the default. The disadvantage of this is that you have to get to Koha by its IP address (Let's pretend it's 192.168.5.10. Your router can probably assign static IP addresses.) instead of something easy (koha-test.org). The advantage is that you don't need to mess around configuring a domain name. I think you can do it by editing the HOSTS table on each computer on your network, but I've never gotten around to trying that.
INTRAPORT is what the config file calls the staff interface. I think you can give it a name like koha-test.org-intra (that's what INTRASUFFIX is), but that's another thing I haven't done yet. I found it a lot simpler just to assign it a port number (8080) and get there by going to http://192.168.5.10:8080. Port 80 is the HTTP default port, so the OPACPORT goes there and all you have to type to get there is http://192.168.5.10.
You also have to make sure the apache server is listening to both ports. This is what my /etc/apache2/ports.conf file looks like:
# If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also # have to change the VirtualHost statement in # /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
Listen 80 Listen 8080
<IfModule ssl_module> Listen 443 </IfModule>
<IfModule mod_gnutls.c> Listen 443 </IfModule>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
You also have to change 000-default.conf, but my setup has three instances of Koha running on the same box and I don't remember how to change 000-default.conf in a normal system. If the list or Google can't help, I can poke around to see if I can figure it out. I think that if the default apache web page comes up instead of Koha, it's a problem with 000-default.conf.
That being said, and as much as I hate to say it, Koha isn't for every library. Most of my colleagues on the medical librarians' list recommend LibraryThing for small libraries with limited technical and cataloging skills. It's free for the first 200 books, more for $10 per year or $25 for life, and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh.
Fred King Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center fred.king@medstar.net 202-877-6670 ORCID 0000-0001-5266-0279
Whereâs the diastolic? Everybody ignores the poor little diastolic. --[Attending Physician]
-----Original Message----- From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Peter Bradley Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:37 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Introduction and questions about defaults configuration
Hi,
I'm a retired librarian interested in some local community library projects.
To this end I'm interested in being able to suggest Free/OSS library automation solutions to groups of people who may not normally think about using IT solutions because they either consider them to be too costly or too complicated.
So what I'm planning to do is to set up a demonstration system on a redundant desktop box I've got kicking about the house. This will be a local system (i.e. will not have contact to the wider network) and so far I've got as far as installing Debian and Koha (via the Debian packages). MySQL is also installed.
I do have a couple of questions, if I may.
Having got as far as I mention above, the documentation then talks about configuring the defaults. There appear to be two: DOMAIN and INTRASUFFIX. What would I set DOMAIN to, if I wanted other computers on the local network to connect to Koha. Presumably I could always use 'localhost' for connections from the server itself and the server's NAT address (192.168.x.x) from other boxes, or have I misunderstood? But a nice domain name would be more impressive and less scary to the people I have in mind, so how would I go about setting that?
And finally, what is INTRASUFFIX and what should I set it to? It means absolutely nothing to me.
Many thanks for any help.
Peter
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Salvete! I couldn't bear to leave all the fun to the lads.
So now you know that you managed to hit upon one of the probably very few Welsh speakers on the list.
Llyfrgellwyr yn fwy poblogaidd pan fyddant yn siarad Cymraeg. Cheers, Brooke
Llyfrgellwyr yn fwy poblogaidd pan fyddant yn siarad Cymraeg. Cheers, Brooke
Ydyn. Mae hynny'n wir. Ond pan fo rhywun yn cwyno nad ydyn yn deall a'i bod hi'n nghwrteis siarad Cymraeg o eu blaenau nhw. :) Felly ... We should probably stop this now before somebody complains. Peter -- Yn rhedeg 5k Caerdydd i Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Corriendo el 5k de Cardiff para Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Running the Cardiff 5k for Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> JustGiving - Sponsor me now! <http://www.justgiving.com/tg-dyslexia>
Google translate didn't do so well with that, Paul. Volunteers? Volunteers for what? Perhaps I should talk to my Gaelic speaking friends for a better translation. I'm afraid I failed miserably when I tried to learn it. Best regards Peter -- Yn rhedeg 5k Caerdydd i Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Corriendo el 5k de Cardiff para Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Running the Cardiff 5k for Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> JustGiving - Sponsor me now! <http://www.justgiving.com/tg-dyslexia> El 03/05/16 a las 23:10, Paul A escribió:
At 08:49 PM 5/3/2016 +0100, Peter Bradley wrote:
Hi Fred,
It's 20:45 here now so I'll try out some stuff and reply properly tomorrow. However I couldn't resist replying to this:
"... and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh."
Da iawn! Gallai hynny fod yn ddefnyddiol iawn ar gyfer y llyfrgell sy gen i mewn golwg. Ond mi fasai'n well gen i ddefnyddio meddalwedd F/OSS os dwi'n gallu. Oes 'na gyfieithiad i'r Gymraeg ar gyfer Koha? Bydd rhaid imi edrych. Dylwn i fod wedi gwneud eisoes a dweud y gwir.
Being Highland born and bred, ach tha sinn an comhnaidh a' coimhead airson saor-thoileach.
Leis gach deagh dhurachd -- Paul
So now you know that you managed to hit upon one of the probably very few Welsh speakers on the list.
:)
Best regards
Peter -- Yn rhedeg 5k Caerdydd i Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Corriendo el 5k de Cardiff para Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Running the Cardiff 5k for Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> JustGiving - Sponsor me now! <http://www.justgiving.com/tg-dyslexia>
El 03/05/16 a las 19:45, King, Fred escribió:
Note: I think I got most of this right, but corrections from others on the list are welcome. I know a lot more about Koha than I did five years ago, but not everything.
Hi Peter,
Welcome to Koha! I hope you'll find it interesting. I'm running Koha in a small medical library (14,000 or so items including journals, monthly circulation in the high two figures). I have a test system running on an old computer, which sounds a lot like what you're looking for. It's part of our hospital intranet and inaccessible by the outside world.
Here's the relevant part of /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf
## Apache virtual hosts creation variables # # Please note that the URLs are built like this: # OPAC: http://<OPACPREFIX><INSTANCE NAME><OPACSUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<OPACPORT> # STAFF: http://<INTRAPREFIX><INSTANCE NAME><INTRASUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<INTRAPORT> DOMAIN=".myDNSname.org" INTRAPORT="8080" INTRAPREFIX="" INTRASUFFIX="-intra" OPACPORT="80" OPACPREFIX="" OPACSUFFIX="
I don't have access to our DNS files, so I left the DOMAIN at the default. The disadvantage of this is that you have to get to Koha by its IP address (Let's pretend it's 192.168.5.10. Your router can probably assign static IP addresses.) instead of something easy (koha-test.org). The advantage is that you don't need to mess around configuring a domain name. I think you can do it by editing the HOSTS table on each computer on your network, but I've never gotten around to trying that.
INTRAPORT is what the config file calls the staff interface. I think you can give it a name like koha-test.org-intra (that's what INTRASUFFIX is), but that's another thing I haven't done yet. I found it a lot simpler just to assign it a port number (8080) and get there by going to http://192.168.5.10:8080. Port 80 is the HTTP default port, so the OPACPORT goes there and all you have to type to get there is http://192.168.5.10.
You also have to make sure the apache server is listening to both ports. This is what my /etc/apache2/ports.conf file looks like:
# If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also # have to change the VirtualHost statement in # /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
Listen 80 Listen 8080
<IfModule ssl_module> Listen 443 </IfModule>
<IfModule mod_gnutls.c> Listen 443 </IfModule>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
You also have to change 000-default.conf, but my setup has three instances of Koha running on the same box and I don't remember how to change 000-default.conf in a normal system. If the list or Google can't help, I can poke around to see if I can figure it out. I think that if the default apache web page comes up instead of Koha, it's a problem with 000-default.conf.
That being said, and as much as I hate to say it, Koha isn't for every library. Most of my colleagues on the medical librarians' list recommend LibraryThing for small libraries with limited technical and cataloging skills. It's free for the first 200 books, more for $10 per year or $25 for life, and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh.
Fred King Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center fred.king@medstar.net 202-877-6670 ORCID 0000-0001-5266-0279
Whereâs the diastolic? Everybody ignores the poor little diastolic. --[Attending Physician]
-----Original Message----- From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Peter Bradley Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:37 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Introduction and questions about defaults configuration
Hi,
I'm a retired librarian interested in some local community library projects.
To this end I'm interested in being able to suggest Free/OSS library automation solutions to groups of people who may not normally think about using IT solutions because they either consider them to be too costly or too complicated.
So what I'm planning to do is to set up a demonstration system on a redundant desktop box I've got kicking about the house. This will be a local system (i.e. will not have contact to the wider network) and so far I've got as far as installing Debian and Koha (via the Debian packages). MySQL is also installed.
I do have a couple of questions, if I may.
Having got as far as I mention above, the documentation then talks about configuring the defaults. There appear to be two: DOMAIN and INTRASUFFIX. What would I set DOMAIN to, if I wanted other computers on the local network to connect to Koha. Presumably I could always use 'localhost' for connections from the server itself and the server's NAT address (192.168.x.x) from other boxes, or have I misunderstood? But a nice domain name would be more impressive and less scary to the people I have in mind, so how would I go about setting that?
And finally, what is INTRASUFFIX and what should I set it to? It means absolutely nothing to me.
Many thanks for any help.
Peter
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At 01:29 PM 5/4/2016 +0100, Peter Bradley wrote:
Google translate didn't do so well with that, Paul. Volunteers? Volunteers for what?
Volunteers for a Welsh translation -- pls see <http://translate.koha-community.org/> Remainder off-list Best -- Paul
Perhaps I should talk to my Gaelic speaking friends for a better translation. I'm afraid I failed miserably when I tried to learn it.
Best regards
Peter -- Yn rhedeg 5k Caerdydd i Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Corriendo el 5k de Cardiff para Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> Running the Cardiff 5k for Tomorrow's Generation <http://tomorrowsgeneration.co.uk/> JustGiving - Sponsor me now! <http://www.justgiving.com/tg-dyslexia>
El 03/05/16 a las 23:10, Paul A escribió:
At 08:49 PM 5/3/2016 +0100, Peter Bradley wrote:
Hi Fred,
It's 20:45 here now so I'll try out some stuff and reply properly tomorrow. However I couldn't resist replying to this:
"... and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh."
Da iawn! Gallai hynny fod yn ddefnyddiol iawn ar gyfer y llyfrgell sy gen i mewn golwg. Ond mi fasai'n well gen i ddefnyddio meddalwedd F/OSS os dwi'n gallu. Oes 'na gyfieithiad i'r Gymraeg ar gyfer Koha? Bydd rhaid imi edrych. Dylwn i fod wedi gwneud eisoes a dweud y gwir.
Being Highland born and bred, ach tha sinn an comhnaidh a' coimhead airson saor-thoileach.
Leis gach deagh dhurachd -- Paul
So now you know that you managed to hit upon one of the probably very few Welsh speakers on the list.
:)
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El 03/05/16 a las 19:45, King, Fred escribió:
Note: I think I got most of this right, but corrections from others on the list are welcome. I know a lot more about Koha than I did five years ago, but not everything.
Hi Peter,
Welcome to Koha! I hope you'll find it interesting. I'm running Koha in a small medical library (14,000 or so items including journals, monthly circulation in the high two figures). I have a test system running on an old computer, which sounds a lot like what you're looking for. It's part of our hospital intranet and inaccessible by the outside world.
Here's the relevant part of /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf
## Apache virtual hosts creation variables # # Please note that the URLs are built like this: # OPAC: http://<OPACPREFIX><INSTANCE NAME><OPACSUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<OPACPORT> # STAFF: http://<INTRAPREFIX><INSTANCE NAME><INTRASUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<INTRAPORT> DOMAIN=".myDNSname.org" INTRAPORT="8080" INTRAPREFIX="" INTRASUFFIX="-intra" OPACPORT="80" OPACPREFIX="" OPACSUFFIX="
I don't have access to our DNS files, so I left the DOMAIN at the default. The disadvantage of this is that you have to get to Koha by its IP address (Let's pretend it's 192.168.5.10. Your router can probably assign static IP addresses.) instead of something easy (koha-test.org). The advantage is that you don't need to mess around configuring a domain name. I think you can do it by editing the HOSTS table on each computer on your network, but I've never gotten around to trying that.
INTRAPORT is what the config file calls the staff interface. I think you can give it a name like koha-test.org-intra (that's what INTRASUFFIX is), but that's another thing I haven't done yet. I found it a lot simpler just to assign it a port number (8080) and get there by going to http://192.168.5.10:8080. Port 80 is the HTTP default port, so the OPACPORT goes there and all you have to type to get there is http://192.168.5.10.
You also have to make sure the apache server is listening to both ports. This is what my /etc/apache2/ports.conf file looks like:
# If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also # have to change the VirtualHost statement in # /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
Listen 80 Listen 8080
<IfModule ssl_module> Listen 443 </IfModule>
<IfModule mod_gnutls.c> Listen 443 </IfModule>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
You also have to change 000-default.conf, but my setup has three instances of Koha running on the same box and I don't remember how to change 000-default.conf in a normal system. If the list or Google can't help, I can poke around to see if I can figure it out. I think that if the default apache web page comes up instead of Koha, it's a problem with 000-default.conf.
That being said, and as much as I hate to say it, Koha isn't for every library. Most of my colleagues on the medical librarians' list recommend LibraryThing for small libraries with limited technical and cataloging skills. It's free for the first 200 books, more for $10 per year or $25 for life, and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh.
Fred King Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center fred.king@medstar.net 202-877-6670 ORCID 0000-0001-5266-0279
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-----Original Message----- From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Peter Bradley Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:37 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Introduction and questions about defaults configuration
Hi,
I'm a retired librarian interested in some local community library projects.
To this end I'm interested in being able to suggest Free/OSS library automation solutions to groups of people who may not normally think about using IT solutions because they either consider them to be too costly or too complicated.
So what I'm planning to do is to set up a demonstration system on a redundant desktop box I've got kicking about the house. This will be a local system (i.e. will not have contact to the wider network) and so far I've got as far as installing Debian and Koha (via the Debian packages). MySQL is also installed.
I do have a couple of questions, if I may.
Having got as far as I mention above, the documentation then talks about configuring the defaults. There appear to be two: DOMAIN and INTRASUFFIX. What would I set DOMAIN to, if I wanted other computers on the local network to connect to Koha. Presumably I could always use 'localhost' for connections from the server itself and the server's NAT address (192.168.x.x) from other boxes, or have I misunderstood? But a nice domain name would be more impressive and less scary to the people I have in mind, so how would I go about setting that?
And finally, what is INTRASUFFIX and what should I set it to? It means absolutely nothing to me.
Many thanks for any help.
Peter
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