[Koha] Introduction and questions about defaults configuration [SOLVED]

[Peter Bradley]

Not 10 minutes after sending this (below) I realised what I needed to do.

Added a new line to my /etc/hosts file as follows:

192.168.1.136 testlib-intra.peredur.cym

And bingo!  I get the installation login.

I think the installation instructions could perhaps be a bit more 
explicit about this.  Is there any way for me to make a suggestion as to 
a modified paragraph at this stage in the installation procedure?  I.e. 
to whom should I address the suggestion and the suggested text?

Best regards


Peter
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-------- Mensaje reenviado --------
Asunto: 	Re: [Koha] Introduction and questions about defaults configuration
Fecha: 	Wed, 4 May 2016 10:56:05 +0100
De: 	Peter Bradley <peredur.net at gmail.com>
Para: 	koha list <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>




First a thank you to all those who've responded.  Merging all the 
replies I've managed to make some progress.

Because my setup is going to be a private one for the LAN, I'm using my 
/etc/hosts file rather than DNS.  So, I've now added the following line 
to my /etc/hosts file:

192.168.1.136 testlib.peredur.cym

The library name is the one used in koha-create and the domain 
(peredur.cym) is the one set in my koha-sites.conf:

DOMAIN=".peredur.cym"

All the other values in that file have been left at their defaults.

Now if I go to testlib.peredur.cym I get a message saying that Koha is 
undergoing maintenance, but if I go to testlib-intra.peredur.cym I still 
get the "server not found" error message.  I imagine that this is 
because the subdomain has not been set up properly.  Can anyone tell me 
how I can set this up properly for Koha?

I'm on a brand new Debian 8 install with everything, including apache, 
set up using the defaults.

Thanks again




El 04/05/16 a las 03:45, Ketan Kulkarni escribió:
> Dear Peter,
>
> You can use ip address to access the koha server from LAN.
>
> If you have set up an internal nameserver, you can use name containing
> your intranet's domain name.
>
> Ketan
>
> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Peter Bradley<peredur.net at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm a retired librarian interested in some local community library projects.
>>
>> To this end I'm interested in being able to suggest Free/OSS library
>> automation solutions to groups of people who may not normally think about
>> using IT solutions because they either consider them to be too costly or too
>> complicated.
>>
>> So what I'm planning to do is to set up a demonstration system on a
>> redundant desktop box I've got kicking about the house.  This will be a
>> local system (i.e. will not have contact to the wider network) and so far
>> I've got as far as installing Debian and Koha (via the Debian packages).
>> MySQL is also installed.
>>
>> I do have a couple of questions, if I may.
>>
>> Having got as far as I mention above, the documentation then talks about
>> configuring the defaults.  There appear to be two: DOMAIN and INTRASUFFIX.
>> What would I set DOMAIN to, if I wanted other computers on the local network
>> to connect to Koha.  Presumably I could always use 'localhost' for
>> connections from the server itself and the server's NAT address
>> (192.168.x.x) from other boxes, or have I misunderstood?  But a nice domain
>> name would be more impressive and less scary to the people I have in mind,
>> so how would I go about setting that?
>>
>> And finally, what is INTRASUFFIX and what should I set it to?  It means
>> absolutely nothing to me.
>>
>> Many thanks for any help.
>>
>>
>> Peter
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