[Koha] Re: Koha Virtual Appliance

[Rachel Hamilton-Williams]

Hi Jim,

i'll forward your suggestion to the Koha lists (regular and developer). 
It sounds like a good idea, and we've had Koha easier to install in the 
past as part of Debian, but of course every time Koha changes you have 
to do a new one.

I suspect all the project needs to do this, is someone keen to do it.

Cheers
Rachel

Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> I am not sure who to contact here, your name was at the top of the list so here we go.
> 
> Every time I try and configure Koha there are dependency problems and issues with
> versions of those dependencies.  I see the same problems with users all over from both
> the mailing lists and general internet browsing.
> 
> It seems to me that a very easy way to distribute Koha and allow users to easily get it
> up and running would be via a virtual appliance.  Is it possible that Koha could create
> a standard Koha installation with VMware and allow the download of a completely setup
> virtual appliance ready to go for any user?
> 
> From what I see Koha is usually built and tested on Debian.  I would think it very
> simple for the developers to build a minimal debian install, configure koha and all
> dependencies with a default set of usernames and domain, then distribute that Virtual
> image for the public to run under VMware.
> 
> Please consider this as it would make implementing Koha so much easier.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim Kronebusch
> Cotter Tech Department
> 453-5188
> 
> 

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