[Koha] multiple instances of koha

[Fabio Tiana]

Hi,

yes you can, it's quite easy with the koha-create command, as suggested by
Galen. Remember to set Apache's virtual hosts accordingly for your new
instance, after you run it (check /etc/apache2/sites-*/newInstanceName).

Fabio


2014-06-11 20:39 GMT+02:00 Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com>:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Jenice S. Tate <jtate at mdah.state.ms.us>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone know if you can create another instance of koha (for training
> > and development) on the same server as your live instance without messing
> > with your live instance
>
> Yes, this is quite doable, assuming that your server has enough disk
> space to store the additional database and has enough RAM and CPU
> capacity that peak use of the test instance doesn't take away from the
> production instance.
>
> The easiest way to set this up is to install Koha from the koha-common
> Debian package [1].  You can then use the koha-create command to add
> instances.
>
> One thing to note with that setup, however, is that all of the
> instances are perforce going to be at exactly the same version of
> Koha.  If you want to test a different version of Koha, having a
> separate server or virtual machine for the test instance would be
> easier to manage.
>
> [1] http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.x_on_Debian_Squeeze
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
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