[Koha] connecting to zs39

[Solomon mwangi]

This worked for me and we are now able to access.

question: why does the port need to be greater than 1023?

Thank you.
Solomon

On Fri, January 13, 2017 5:19 am, Mark Alexander wrote:
> Excerpts from Solomon Mwangi's message of 2017-01-13 12:55:12 +0300:
>
>> I have Koha running on an Linux server running Ubuntu 12.04
>>
>>
>> Koha runs fine - no issues.
>>
>>
>> I have been trying to connect to it via ZS39 but unable to connect.
>>
>>
>> Yaz client gives me this error = System (lower-layer) error
>>
>>
>> Help/ideas would be appreciated.
>>
>
> I assume you're talking about Z39.50?  There is a Wiki page describing
> how to troubleshoot problems:
>
> https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Troubleshooting_Koha_as_a_Z39.50_ser
> ver
>
> But I've found that a few details in that document were slightly wrong
> or incomplete for my installation (Koha 16.11 on Debian 8).  Here are the
> notes I wrote for myself as I was getting Z39.50 to work on my
> installation (all tasks performed while logged in as root):
>
> To enable Z39.50, edit the file
> `/etc/koha/sites/LIBRARYNAME/koha-conf.xml`,
> where LIBRARYNAME is the name you chose when you created your Koha
> instance.
>
> Near the top of that file is a line that looks like this:
>
>
> <listen id="publicserver">tcp:@:nnn</listen>
>
>
> Uncomment that line by removing the `<!--` and `-->` lines before and
> after it. Then replace `nnn` with an unused port number, preferably
> something greater than 1023.  I chose 9998.
>
> Farther down in file, around line 180, is a section starting with a line
> that looks like this:
>
> <!-- PUBLICSERVER'S BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORDS -->
>
>
> Below that is a line that looks like this:
>
>
> <server id="publicserver"  listenref="publicserver">
>
>
> Remove the start-of-comment line (`<!--`) before that line.
>
>
> Now move down to around line 260, where you will see this line:
>
>
> </serverinfo>
>
>
> Remove the end-of-comment line (`-->`) after that line.
>
>
> Finally, save the file and exit the editor.
>
>
> Restart Zebra (the program that handles searches in Koha):
>
>
> koha-restart-zebra rpl
>
> Verify that Zebra is now listening on the port you chose (9998 in the
> example above) by doing this:
>
> netstat -pn --tcp --listen | grep 9998
>
> If things are working, you should see a line that looks like this:
>
>
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:9998            0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      6986/zebrasrv
>
>
> If things are not working, you won't see any output.
>
>
> As a final check, you can try making a Z39.50 connection:
>
>
> yaz-client tcp:127.0.0.1:9998/biblios
>
> If things are working, you should see a few lines of output, including a
> line that looks like this:
>
> Connection accepted by v3 target.
>
>
> and then a prompt line:
>
> Z>
>
>
> If things aren't working, you'll see an error message like this:
>
>
> Connecting...error = System (lower-layer) error: Connection refused
>
>
> Exit the `yaz-client` program by hitting Ctrl-D or typing `exit` followed
> by Enter.
>