[Koha] Problems with OPAC

PasiK pasi.korkalo at oululainen.com
Fri Feb 12 02:10:07 NZDT 2010


Our system is running Slackware, so the process will be a bit different. This
was most helpful, however, and I'm sure we'll be able to work it from here.
Thanks a lot :)


Braedon Vickers wrote:
> 
> On 11/02/10 11:27, PasiK wrote:
>> How can we make the switch to Zebra? Besides changing the system
>> parameter
>> what else needs to be done?
>>    
> You need to setup and start the Zebra daemons, index all your current 
> inventory, and set up a cron job to automatically update the index.
> 
> What OS and install type(dev/standard) are you on?
> 
> For an Ubuntu standard install, do the following. Adjust to your system 
> if different.
> 
> Setup the Daemons:
> 
> sudo aptitude update
> 
> sudo aptitude installidzebra-2.0
> sudo  ln  -s 
> /usr/share/koha/bin/koha-zebra-ctl.sh/etc/init.d/koha-zebra-daemon
> sudo  update-rc.d koha-zebra-daemon defaults
> sudo  /etc/init.d/koha-zebra-daemon start
> 
> sudo  ln  -s 
> /usr/share/koha/bin/koha-zebraqueue-ctl.sh/etc/init.d/koha-zebraqueue-daemon
> sudo  update-rc.d koha-zebraqueue-daemon defaults
> sudo  /etc/init.d/koha-zebraqueue-daemon start
> 
> Make sure you have set the following environmental variables so you can 
> run the scripts:
> 
> export KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/koha-conf.xmlexport
> PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib
> 
> I put them in /etc/enviroment, but there are a few other options also.
> 
> This command should do the initial index:
> 
> perl -I /usr/share/koha/lib
> /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -v -b -w
> 
> The cron job to do regular index updates should be set up for the koha 
> user, assuming you have. To open a crontab editor for the koha user:
> 
> sudo  -u  koha crontab-e
> 
> The following lines are what I have in my crontab:
> 
> # ZEBRA INDEX UPDATES with -z option, incremental index updates throughout
> the day
> # for both authorities and bibs
> */10 * * * *  /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -a
> -z>  /dev/null
> 
> Once you have done all that, you should be able to switch the preference 
> over in Koha.
> 
> Note that I have only tested this on Ubuntu standard install of 3.00.05.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
>      Braedon Vickers
> 
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