[Koha] Is it possible to install Koha on Apache 1.3 or on Apache 2.0 on a port other than 80?

[Krishnan Mani]

Hello,

Though the short answer is YES, i'd like to caution you about the "ease" (or otherwise?) of getting Koha up and running with an ISP.

The keywords in your post that caught my eye are 'ISP' and 'administrative panel'. I had to wade through a swamp trying to get Koha up and running with a typical hosting provider, unless you have a lot of influence with what they will do for you.

The characteristics of such service are: you never really have complete discretion about what else you add/how you configure your server to run some "non-standard" software. By non-standard software, what i mean is Koha is not like some popular CMS (Joomla/Drupal) or like Mailman, etc. which most ISPs will support "click-and-install" through the same panels

Typically, you will not have direct access to your Apache's httpd.conf, and may be asked to use one or more .htaccess files. You may face similar issues for Perl modules you need. In my experience, getting Perl pre-requisite modules installed was the biggest hurdle, and then getting Koha to recognize the paths to them.

Since i lacked the stamina to work through these issues, I then decided to go to a provider like slicehost.net which give you a 'slice', (a portion of a server that you have complete control over, using 'virtualization') and still costs very little.

For 25USD a month, i get as good as my own server, 256 MB memory, 10 GB space, complete root control, fantastic support, and 100GB bandwidth, which, IMHO is much much more than adequate for most generic needs and traffic. It then took me just a few hours to install and get Koha up and running.

i hope i haven't done a dis-service to you or Koha, but i am not the only one who thinks installing Koha is not very easy, AND i'd prefer you take the right route/ask the right questions to whoever will install it for you, because in the end, Koha is really *WORTH* it, once its up and running.

Thanks and regards,



krishnan mani

Pune, India

--- On Sat, 25/10/08, Jesse Weaver <jesse.weaver at liblime.com> wrote:
From: Jesse Weaver <jesse.weaver at liblime.com>
Subject: Re: [Koha] Is it possible to install Koha on Apache 1.3 or on Apache 2.0 on a port other than 80?
To: balearweb at balearweb.com
Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Date: Saturday, 25 October, 2008, 8:09 PM



On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 4:12 AM, Elena Vera <balearweb at gmail.com> wrote:

Hello, Everybody.



I'm new here. I live in Spain and my English is not the best ;-)



One our our users, an ecologist non-profit-making association, has

asked us to install Koha for them. We run a dedicated server, and host

some hundred virtual sites. I have requested our ISP (DataPipe) to

install Koha for us, as I do not have the necessary knowledge.

DataPipe support team is not familiar with Koha, but can support it on

a best effort basis moving forward.



Can we run Koha on Apache/1.3.33 Redhat ; PHP Version 5.2.6?


In theory, yes. Note that Koha uses Perl, and many CPAN modules (addons), rather than PHP.
 


Our server uses a control panel for hosting administration (easyAdmin,

by DataPipe) that only works with Apache 1.3. The only way Apache 2.0

can be installed on our server is in addition to 1.3, however it would

have to run on a port other than 80. Would this be suitable for this

software package?
Yes, koha can run on any port, though it should also be able to run on Apache 1.3 .
 




Thank you very much for your help.



Elena Vera

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