I would like to apologize right now for my ignorance in all things technical. I am a librarian for a State agency with huge budget issues. It is my understanding from your website and research that I have done, that I should be able to run Koha free of charge if I use my own technical team. I have installed the software(from the Windows download page) to one of my computers in our actual library and it is running very well. I find it to be very user friendly. The issue I have is how to make it accessible to the entire department based around the state. We have a main server in our headquarters building, and due to the politics of the situation I need to put in a request to the IT department which is contracted to Northrup Gruman (an outside firm). I need to understand if it is enough that it is installed already on my computer so that it could act as the server/host and just have the file sharing (?) available, or do they need to install it on the main server, if so what does that involve, so I know what to ask for? Thank You and again, please forgive me. Monica B. Suroosh Librarian
"Bakhti-Suroosh, Monica" <monica.bakhti-suroosh@vsp.virginia.gov> writes:
I need to understand if it is enough that it is installed already on my computer so that it could act as the server/host and just have the file sharing (?) available, or do they need to install it on the main server, if so what does that involve, so I know what to ask for?
It is my understanding that all you need is the following: 1) Koha installed and working on a computer 2) That computer has a full-time internet connection 3) That computer either has a permanently fixed IP address/name or is set up to use a dynamic IP address/name service (www.dyndns.com) 4) That computer is accessible from the internet over port 80 (for clients) and alternately port 8080 if you want to allow administrative access remotely. Depending on your particular situation, #4 may be the real issue. If your systems are heavily firewalled, your tech department may be reluctant to open ports to public traffic, or may require the machine to be housed in a certain facility in order to be isolated from other department machines. The way to test, however, is to find the IP address of your machine, go to another machine in your department, open a web browser, and ensure you can get client/admin access. After that, as long as your IP is not: 169.154.x.x 192.168.x.x 172.x.x.x 10.x.x.x then you probably have a public IP address - try getting client/admin access from a public computer and see what happens!
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