[Koha] Hosting options for Koha installation

[Lennon Mazonde]

Dear Andreas,


On 31/01/2017 09:51, Andreas Resch wrote:
> Dear Community,
>
> I am a librarian from Vienna, Austria and I would like to install Koha for
> the library of my cultural association. As it is a small association we
> have no institutional backing and therefore no IT team. I tried to install
> Koha on the server of my website but I have no root access. I asked at the
> hosting company and they said they don't offer root access. After some
> research I found providers offering "root servers" or "managed servers"
> which are a little costly (about € 30,- a month).
I've run Koha using a VPS before, but they are limited in terms of the 
resources you get. I found i frequently ran out of inodes and space and 
had too many bandwidth limitations. A dedicated server would be best, 
but as you've already found, they can be quite expensive. Another option 
you could try is using a cloud server - you can pay per unit time ( 
hour/minute/second etc. ) and this might be cheaper than a dedicated 
server.


>
> It would be great if you could share your experiences on which hosting is
> best. Specifically my questions are:
>
>     - Are there any recommended hosting companies and products? It would be
>     best if they were in Austria or Germany but also abroad ist ok.
>     - If I get a root server will I be able to install it only with the
>     Installation instructions? I am proficient with the command line and I
>     already installed and set up Koha on a "virtual machine".
>     - Is there a better/easier way?
For hosting companies, you can try 1and1 or Godaddy, they have some low 
cost VPS and cloud servers. Another alternative that you may not have 
considered is to install Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS on a desktop and 
running Koha locally. As for the actual installation itself, you can 
follow the instructions on the Koha Wiki. 
<https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_ubuntu_-_packages> They 
should be fairly straightforward.Koha

The easiest way would be to have a Koha support company install and host 
your Koha system for you. I offer Koha support and hosting - you can 
email me directly or visit www.bibliotechzw.com and get in touch using 
the contact form.

Regards,
Lennon Mazonde