[Koha] Full text document attachment

[Doug Dearden]

Hi Akhlaq,

We got around this by using the Redirect directive in our apache config.  I created a subdirectory for a local user, then created a symbolic link to it from /var/www.  In this way the cataloger can copy the file to the server as the local user and catalog using a string that apache redirects to the proper place.  If you later have to move the subdirectory, you just change the redirect in the config.

For example, our users login as "luser", and place the test files in a subdirectory called "lfiles".  There is a symbolic link in /var/www called textfiles -> /home/luser/lfiles .
In the apache config file for the Koha instance in both VirtualHost sections (OPAC and Intranet) is the redirect directive like this:  Redirect /libraryfiles http://<ip address or DNS name of server>/textfiles .
When we catalog, in the 856u field we put in /libraryfiles/<subdirectory>/<filename> .

The link is active, and if you need to change to a different address or DNS name in the future all you have to do is change the Redirect directive in the apache config.  It would also be possible to move all the files to another separate web server and just point to that server in the Redirect directive.

Note that /var/www is the DocumentRoot for the default site in Apache.  We have that running to serve up these documents.  /var/www is not the default DocumentRoot for Koha instances.

Hope that helps.

Doug


-----Original Message-----
From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of akhlaq ahmed
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:18 PM
To: Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: [Koha] Full text document attachment

Dear
Friends,
 
I am trying
to attach full text document with the koha bibliographical records. The marc
field 856 is used to give the local URL but on checking I realised one need to give
full path eg. http://192.168.0.1/abc.pdf
The pdf files
are stored in var/www directory. 
 
I need to
avoid the local machine numbers otherwise in future if the machine number is
changed or the data will be transferred it will cause the path problem. I need
to search only bibliographical details not the full text term.
 
Please
suggest the right way how the full text are handled in Koha. 
 
Looking forward
to hear from you.
 
Regads,
Akhlaq
Ahmed, New Delhi
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