[Koha] Configuring Koha to expose Z39.50/SRU services

stefan herrkandera at gmx.ch
Sun Mar 7 08:57:17 NZDT 2010


Hi all,

well with this method it works to expose Koha by SRU / Z39.50 but the 
search in the Koha OPAC (Extranet and Intranet) is down. There should be 
a way to make both services available ...

Thank you, Stefan



Magnus Enger schrieb:
> Hi, all!
>
> According to the documentation at
> http://koha.org/documentation/faq/could-someone-tell-me-the-exact-steps-i-need-to-take-to-configure-zebra-to-expose-my-koha-3-db-as-a-public-z39.50-service
> configuring Koha/Zebra to expose Z39.50/SRU services should be as
> simple as changing
>
> <!-- <listen id="publicserver" >tcp:@:9999</listen> -->
>
> to
>
> <listen id="publicserver" >tcp:@:9999</listen>
>
> in koha-conf.xml.
>
> In my experience it has not been that simple. Just doing the above
> gives a 404 not found message from Zebra.
>
> What I have found to work is to copy the server- and
> serverinfo-elements for biblioserver, and replacing biblioserver with
> publicserver, so I get both
>
>  <server id="biblioserver"  listenref="biblioserver">
>    <directory>/var/lib/koha/zebradb/biblios</directory>
>    <config>/etc/koha/zebradb/zebra-biblios.cfg</config>
>    <cql2rpn>/etc/koha/zebradb/pqf.properties</cql2rpn>
>     <!-- <docpath>xsl</docpath> -->
>     <!-- <stylesheet>xsl/default.xsl</stylesheet> -->
>     <!-- <maximumrecordsize>2000000</maximumrecordsize> -->
>     <retrievalinfo>
>  ...
>     </retrievalinfo>
>    <xi:include href="/etc/koha/zebradb/explain-biblios.xml"
>                xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
>      <xi:fallback>
>      <explain xmlns="http://explain.z3950.org/dtd/2.0/">
>          <serverInfo>
>            <host>localhost</host>
>            <port>9998</port>
>            <database>biblios</database>
>          </serverInfo>
>        </explain>
>      </xi:fallback>
>    </xi:include>
>  </server>
>  <serverinfo id="biblioserver">
>        <ccl2rpn>/etc/koha/zebradb/ccl.properties</ccl2rpn>
>        <user>****</user>
>        <password>****</password>
>  </serverinfo>
>
> and
>
>  <server id="publicserver"  listenref="publicserver">
>    <directory>/var/lib/koha/zebradb/biblios</directory>
>    <config>/etc/koha/zebradb/zebra-biblios.cfg</config>
>    <cql2rpn>/etc/koha/zebradb/pqf.properties</cql2rpn>
>     <!-- <docpath>xsl</docpath> -->
>     <!-- <stylesheet>xsl/default.xsl</stylesheet> -->
>     <!-- <maximumrecordsize>2000000</maximumrecordsize> -->
>     <retrievalinfo>
>  ...
>     </retrievalinfo>
>    <xi:include href="/etc/koha/zebradb/explain-biblios.xml"
>                xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
>      <xi:fallback>
>      <explain xmlns="http://explain.z3950.org/dtd/2.0/">
>          <serverInfo>
>            <host>localhost</host>
>            <port>9998</port>
>            <database>biblios</database>
>          </serverInfo>
>        </explain>
>      </xi:fallback>
>    </xi:include>
>  </server>
>  <serverinfo id="publicserver">
>        <ccl2rpn>/etc/koha/zebradb/ccl.properties</ccl2rpn>
>        <user>****</user>
>        <password>****</password>
>  </serverinfo>
>
> (Here are the same examples with a bit of formatting, if the above
> fails: http://wiki.biblab.no/index.php/Hvordan_aktivisere_Z39.50_og_SRU_i_Koha)
>
> Has anyone else had the same experience, or found some other workaround?
>
> Regards,
> Magnus
> libriotech.no
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