[Koha] Koha VMWare Virtual appliance problem

[cyberarian]

Dear Scott and Kronebusch

Thanks for your suggestions.  Please find the result of C:/>ipconfig/all
from my XP machine below:

C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PWNCP134
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : ncp.edu.pk
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ncp.edu.pk
                                            edu.pk

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter
for VMnet8
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.49.1
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter
for VMnet1
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.140.1
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit
Controller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-A0-B2-D5-FC
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.134
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.18
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.18
        Lease Obtained. . .  . . . . . . : Thursday, November 08, 2007
8:41:06 AM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 11, 2007
8:41:06 AM


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth PAN Network Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-72-B0-00-26

Now please guide what changes I have to made in the necessary network
configuration files of my vmware machine in /etc/network/interfaces,
/etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts files?

Regards,

Ata


On Nov 7, 2007 9:18 PM, Jim Kronebusch <jim at winonacotter.org> wrote:

> I have never used VMware Player on Windows, so I am not certain how you
> would check the
> IP address.  VMware should set up a virtual IP for the image when started.
>  If you can
> log into the command line in the Koha image you should be able to issue
> the command
> "ifconfig".  When you do that you should see all the information for the
> interfaces
> scroll by.  If it goes to fast and spools off the screen, use "ifconfig |
> less", that
> will allow you to see a screen at a time and use the space bar to scroll.
>  Here you
> should see something like "eth0:1" or similar and see the IP address
> associated with it.
>  The Koha VMware image should start apache by default.  Otherwise you can
> do
> "/etc/init.d/apache2 status" to see if it is running.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Jim
>
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:52:22 +0500, cyberarian wrote
> > Thanks Jim for response.  You have made a valid point.  But as I
> mentioned
> > earlier I am using vmware player at windows XP.  How should I know the
> ip
> > address of that virtual machine and how can i determine whether apache
> is
> > running or not.  I am not aware of linux commands...
> >
> > Cyberarian
> >
> > On Oct 26, 2007 10:38 PM, Jim Kronebusch <jim at winonacotter.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:51:43 +0500, cyberarian wrote
> > > > Dear All
> > > >
> > > > I have downloaded koha vmware virtual appliance.  It is working fine
> in
> > > > VMware player.  But i am unable to load its gui.  I used startx
> command
> > > on
> > > > shell but it says that is a wrong command.  What should i do to
> access
> > > > intranet and opac?
> > > >
> > > > Cyberarian
> > >
> > > If I understand correctly, it sounds as though you are trying to
> access
> > > the web gui via
> > > the server itself.  This won't work by default.  The VMware image does
> not
> > > include a
> > > desktop (as far as I'm aware) by default.  Use another machine on the
> > > network and access
> > > the server via the browser via the servers IP address such as
> > >
> > > http://ser.ver.ip.address/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
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