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Koha 3 Library Management System

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Koha 3 Library Management System

Overview of this book

Koha is the first full-featured open source library management system that is widely used for efficiently managing libraries. However, setting up and maintaining Koha is no walk in the park. It is not as straightforward as setting up the other popular LAMP applications.This practical guide provides all the essential information that is needed to make the task of installing and configuring Koha really seem simple and easy. It demonstrates how to set up Koha and its various aspects – installation, configuration, application administration, and data migration. It also covers troubleshooting, software maintenance, software customization, and other advanced topics.The book starts with installing and configuring the LAMP stack and the Koha application to meet your needs. It then goes deeper into setting up various rules and configuring settings for Koha. It also covers data migration of catalog records, software maintenance, and customization of the application. Chapters are also dedicated to providing an insight into advanced topics such as LDAP integration and Internationalization. Filled with numerous code samples and screenshots, this book will tour you through setting up Koha for evaluation or test purposes. It also includes loads of tips for troubleshooting and maintenance activities. By the end of this book, you will have gained the knowledge to get the most out of your Koha installation.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Koha 3 Library Management System
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Chapter 2. Configuring the Apache2 Web Server

In this chapter, our goal will be to configure Apache2. Apache2 is Koha's web server—it serves Koha pages to users when they access the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) or the staff client. At the end of the chapter we will be able to launch Koha's OPAC and the staff client interfaces using a web browser. However, the interfaces won't work until we execute Koha's web installer, a topic for Chapter 4.

We cover this chapter in three stages—first an orientation, next the preparatory steps, and finally a demonstration of the configuration. Again, we demonstrate the steps on two Linux distributions—Debian and openSuSE.