[Koha] Introduction and questions about defaults configuration
Peter Bradley
peredur.net at gmail.com
Thu May 5 00:29:57 NZST 2016
Google translate didn't do so well with that, Paul. Volunteers?
Volunteers for what?
Perhaps I should talk to my Gaelic speaking friends for a better
translation. I'm afraid I failed miserably when I tried to learn it.
Best regards
Peter
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El 03/05/16 a las 23:10, Paul A escribió:
> At 08:49 PM 5/3/2016 +0100, Peter Bradley wrote:
>> Hi Fred,
>>
>> It's 20:45 here now so I'll try out some stuff and reply properly
>> tomorrow. However I couldn't resist replying to this:
>>
>> "... and available in quite a few languages, including Welsh."
>>
>> Da iawn! Gallai hynny fod yn ddefnyddiol iawn ar gyfer y llyfrgell
>> sy gen i mewn golwg. Ond mi fasai'n well gen i ddefnyddio meddalwedd
>> F/OSS os dwi'n gallu. Oes 'na gyfieithiad i'r Gymraeg ar gyfer
>> Koha? Bydd rhaid imi edrych. Dylwn i fod wedi gwneud eisoes a dweud
>> y gwir.
>
> Being Highland born and bred, ach tha sinn an comhnaidh a' coimhead
> airson saor-thoileach.
>
> Leis gach deagh dhurachd -- Paul
>
>> So now you know that you managed to hit upon one of the probably very
>> few Welsh speakers on the list.
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Peter
>> --
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>> El 03/05/16 a las 19:45, King, Fred escribió:
>>> Note: I think I got most of this right, but corrections from others
>>> on the list are welcome. I know a lot more about Koha than I did
>>> five years ago, but not everything.
>>>
>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> Welcome to Koha! I hope you'll find it interesting. I'm running Koha
>>> in a small medical library (14,000 or so items including journals,
>>> monthly circulation in the high two figures). I have a test system
>>> running on an old computer, which sounds a lot like what you're
>>> looking for. It's part of our hospital intranet and inaccessible by
>>> the outside world.
>>>
>>> Here's the relevant part of /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf
>>>
>>> ## Apache virtual hosts creation variables
>>> #
>>> # Please note that the URLs are built like this:
>>> # OPAC: http://<OPACPREFIX><INSTANCE
>>> NAME><OPACSUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<OPACPORT>
>>> # STAFF: http://<INTRAPREFIX><INSTANCE
>>> NAME><INTRASUFFIX><DOMAIN>:<INTRAPORT>
>>> DOMAIN=".myDNSname.org"
>>> INTRAPORT="8080"
>>> INTRAPREFIX=""
>>> INTRASUFFIX="-intra"
>>> OPACPORT="80"
>>> OPACPREFIX=""
>>> OPACSUFFIX="
>>>
>>> I don't have access to our DNS files, so I left the DOMAIN at the
>>> default. The disadvantage of this is that you have to get to Koha by
>>> its IP address (Let's pretend it's 192.168.5.10. Your router can
>>> probably assign static IP addresses.) instead of something easy
>>> (koha-test.org). The advantage is that you don't need to mess around
>>> configuring a domain name. I think you can do it by editing the
>>> HOSTS table on each computer on your network, but I've never gotten
>>> around to trying that.
>>>
>>> INTRAPORT is what the config file calls the staff interface. I think
>>> you can give it a name like koha-test.org-intra (that's what
>>> INTRASUFFIX is), but that's another thing I haven't done yet. I
>>> found it a lot simpler just to assign it a port number (8080) and
>>> get there by going to http://192.168.5.10:8080. Port 80 is the HTTP
>>> default port, so the OPACPORT goes there and all you have to type to
>>> get there is http://192.168.5.10.
>>>
>>> You also have to make sure the apache server is listening to both
>>> ports. This is what my /etc/apache2/ports.conf file looks like:
>>>
>>> # If you just change the port or add more ports here, you
>>> will likely also
>>> # have to change the VirtualHost statement in
>>> # /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
>>>
>>> Listen 80
>>> Listen 8080
>>>
>>> <IfModule ssl_module>
>>> Listen 443
>>> </IfModule>
>>>
>>> <IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
>>> Listen 443
>>> </IfModule>
>>>
>>> # vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
>>>
>>> You also have to change 000-default.conf, but my setup has three
>>> instances of Koha running on the same box and I don't remember how
>>> to change 000-default.conf in a normal system. If the list or Google
>>> can't help, I can poke around to see if I can figure it out. I think
>>> that if the default apache web page comes up instead of Koha, it's a
>>> problem with 000-default.conf.
>>>
>>> That being said, and as much as I hate to say it, Koha isn't for
>>> every library. Most of my colleagues on the medical librarians' list
>>> recommend LibraryThing for small libraries with limited technical
>>> and cataloging skills. It's free for the first 200 books, more for
>>> $10 per year or $25 for life, and available in quite a few
>>> languages, including Welsh.
>>>
>>> Fred King
>>> Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
>>> fred.king at medstar.net
>>> 202-877-6670
>>> ORCID 0000-0001-5266-0279
>>>
>>> Whereâs the diastolic? Everybody ignores the poor little diastolic.
>>> --[Attending Physician]
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of
>>> Peter Bradley
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:37 AM
>>> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>>> Subject: [Koha] Introduction and questions about defaults configuration
>>>
>>> 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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