[Koha] Koha on virtual machine?

[Viktor.Sarge at regionhalland.se]

I run my dev install on a Macbook Air (1,8 GHz i5 / 8 gig / OS X 10.9.x ) and it runs fine under Virtualbox. It sounds like you would want to look into settings in Virtualbox for ”host-only networking” (if you want to access your virtual server outside of Virtualbox) or ”bridged networking” (if you want other machines in the network to be able to connect. At least that is my understanding after a few quick searches. 

Even if the proposed solution isn’t the cleanest I’d say it could work fine. But remember to do regular backups of the virtual machine to a separate drive so you don’t lose all data if you have a hard drive failure. It’s quite easy to create a backup in Virtualbox. 

Kind regards/Viktor 


 
Viktor Sarge
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4 aug 2014 kl. 12:59 skrev Shelley & Kurt Kemperman <ksckemperman at chartermi.net>:

> Asking this question for our IT guy:
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> "Has any one tried to put Koha on a virtual machine like Oracle VM VirtualBox or VMWare fusion -- And run it from the desktop of a Mac?  I have either a iMac or Xserve Apple Server I could use for this.  
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> It appears my server is on its way out and I need to come up with a solution for where I am going to put the next server.  We need the server for our elementary school.  Library days are only twice a week and all the classes can come through in a few hours.  Our demands on the system are small, as Koha is only ever accessed from one computer.
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> Has any one tried a solution like putting Koha in VMware on a Mac?
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> Any feedback would be appreciated."
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> Not sure if it matters for his question, but we have about 5000 items in our library.
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> Thanks,
> Shelley
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