[Koha] Introduction and questions about defaults configuration

Paul A paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com
Thu May 5 03:19:41 NZST 2016 

At 01:29 PM 5/4/2016 +0100, Peter Bradley wrote:
>Google translate didn't do so well with that, Paul.  Volunteers? 
>Volunteers for what?

Volunteers for a Welsh translation -- pls see 
<http://translate.koha-community.org/>

Remainder off-list

Best -- Paul


>Perhaps I should talk to my Gaelic speaking friends for a better 
>translation.  I'm afraid I failed miserably when I tried to learn it.
>
>Best regards
>
>
>Peter
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>El 03/05/16 a las 23:10, Paul A escribió:
>>At 08:49 PM 5/3/2016 +0100, Peter Bradley wrote:
>>>Hi Fred,
>>>
>>>It's 20:45 here now so I'll try out some stuff and reply properly 
>>>tomorrow.  However I couldn't resist replying to this:
>>>
>>>"... and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh."
>>>
>>>Da iawn!  Gallai hynny fod yn ddefnyddiol iawn ar gyfer y llyfrgell sy 
>>>gen i mewn golwg.  Ond mi fasai'n well gen i ddefnyddio meddalwedd F/OSS 
>>>os dwi'n gallu.  Oes 'na gyfieithiad i'r Gymraeg ar gyfer Koha?  Bydd 
>>>rhaid imi edrych.  Dylwn i fod wedi gwneud eisoes a dweud y gwir.
>>
>>Being Highland born and bred, ach tha sinn an comhnaidh a' coimhead 
>>airson saor-thoileach.
>>
>>Leis gach deagh dhurachd -- Paul
>>
>>>So now you know that you managed to hit upon one of the probably very 
>>>few Welsh speakers on the list.
>>>
>>>:)
>>>
>>>Best regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Peter
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>>>
>>>El 03/05/16 a las 19:45, King, Fred escribió:
>>>>Note: I think I got most of this right, but corrections from others on 
>>>>the list are welcome. I know a lot more about Koha than I did five 
>>>>years ago, but not everything.
>>>>
>>>>Hi Peter,
>>>>
>>>>Welcome to Koha! I hope you'll find it interesting. I'm running Koha in 
>>>>a small medical library (14,000 or so items including journals, monthly 
>>>>circulation in the high two figures). I have a test system running on 
>>>>an old computer, which sounds a lot like what you're looking for. It's 
>>>>part of our hospital intranet and inaccessible by the outside world.
>>>>
>>>>Here's the relevant part of /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf
>>>>
>>>>         ## Apache virtual hosts creation variables
>>>>         #
>>>>         # Please note that the URLs are built like this:
>>>>         # OPAC:  http://<OPACPREFIX><INSTANCE 
>>>> NAME><OPACSUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<OPACPORT>
>>>>         # STAFF: http://<INTRAPREFIX><INSTANCE 
>>>> NAME><INTRASUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<INTRAPORT>
>>>>         DOMAIN=".myDNSname.org"
>>>>         INTRAPORT="8080"
>>>>         INTRAPREFIX=""
>>>>         INTRASUFFIX="-intra"
>>>>         OPACPORT="80"
>>>>         OPACPREFIX=""
>>>>         OPACSUFFIX="
>>>>
>>>>I don't have access to our DNS files, so I left the DOMAIN at the 
>>>>default. The disadvantage of this is that you have to get to Koha by 
>>>>its IP address (Let's pretend it's 192.168.5.10. Your router can 
>>>>probably assign static IP addresses.) instead of something easy 
>>>>(koha-test.org). The advantage is that you don't need to mess around 
>>>>configuring a domain name. I think you can do it by editing the HOSTS 
>>>>table on each computer on your network, but I've never gotten around to 
>>>>trying that.
>>>>
>>>>INTRAPORT is what the config file calls the staff interface. I think 
>>>>you can give it a name like koha-test.org-intra (that's what 
>>>>INTRASUFFIX is), but that's another thing I haven't done yet. I found 
>>>>it a lot simpler just to assign it a port number (8080) and get there 
>>>>by going to http://192.168.5.10:8080. Port 80 is the HTTP default port, 
>>>>so the OPACPORT goes there and all you have to type to get there is 
>>>>http://192.168.5.10.
>>>>
>>>>You also have to make sure the apache server is listening to both 
>>>>ports. This is what my /etc/apache2/ports.conf file looks like:
>>>>
>>>>         # If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will 
>>>> likely also
>>>>         # have to change the VirtualHost statement in
>>>>         # /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
>>>>
>>>>         Listen 80
>>>>         Listen 8080
>>>>
>>>>         <IfModule ssl_module>
>>>>                 Listen 443
>>>>         </IfModule>
>>>>
>>>>         <IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
>>>>                 Listen 443
>>>>         </IfModule>
>>>>
>>>>         # vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
>>>>
>>>>You also have to change 000-default.conf, but my setup has three 
>>>>instances of Koha running on the same box and I don't remember how to 
>>>>change 000-default.conf in a normal system. If the list or Google can't 
>>>>help, I can poke around to see if I can figure it out. I think that if 
>>>>the default apache web page comes up instead of Koha, it's a problem 
>>>>with 000-default.conf.
>>>>
>>>>That being said, and as much as I hate to say it, Koha isn't for every 
>>>>library. Most of my colleagues on the medical librarians' list 
>>>>recommend LibraryThing for small libraries with limited technical and 
>>>>cataloging skills. It's free for the first 200 books, more for $10 per 
>>>>year or $25 for life, and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh.
>>>>
>>>>Fred King
>>>>Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
>>>>fred.king at medstar.net
>>>>202-877-6670
>>>>ORCID 0000-0001-5266-0279
>>>>
>>>>Where’s the diastolic? Everybody ignores the poor little diastolic.
>>>>--[Attending Physician]
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Peter 
>>>>Bradley
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:37 AM
>>>>To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>>>>Subject: [Koha] Introduction and questions about defaults configuration
>>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I'm a retired librarian interested in some local community library 
>>>>projects.
>>>>
>>>>To this end I'm interested in being able to suggest Free/OSS library
>>>>automation solutions to groups of people who may not normally think
>>>>about using IT solutions because they either consider them to be too
>>>>costly or too complicated.
>>>>
>>>>So what I'm planning to do is to set up a demonstration system on a
>>>>redundant desktop box I've got kicking about the house.  This will be a
>>>>local system (i.e. will not have contact to the wider network) and so
>>>>far I've got as far as installing Debian and Koha (via the Debian
>>>>packages).  MySQL is also installed.
>>>>
>>>>I do have a couple of questions, if I may.
>>>>
>>>>Having got as far as I mention above, the documentation then talks about
>>>>configuring the defaults.  There appear to be two: DOMAIN and
>>>>INTRASUFFIX.  What would I set DOMAIN to, if I wanted other computers on
>>>>the local network to connect to Koha.  Presumably I could always use
>>>>'localhost' for connections from the server itself and the server's NAT
>>>>address (192.168.x.x) from other boxes, or have I misunderstood?  But a
>>>>nice domain name would be more impressive and less scary to the people I
>>>>have in mind, so how would I go about setting that?
>>>>
>>>>And finally, what is INTRASUFFIX and what should I set it to? It means
>>>>absolutely nothing to me.
>>>>
>>>>Many thanks for any help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Peter
>>>
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