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Koha 3 Library Management System

Koha 3 Library Management System

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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.
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Koha 3 Library Management System
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
Preface
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Index

Configuring Apache2 web server


Now that we have our configuration plan in place, let us get started with Apache2 configuration. We will edit the OPAC and staff client virtual hosts in Koha's Apache2 configuration file. We will also configure Apache2 to listen on the staff client port—8080 and we will enable its Rewrite module. To make all this work we will point Apache2 to Koha's Apache2 configuration file using a symbolic link.

Creating a symbolic link to koha-httpd.conf

  1. First we create a symbolic link in Apache2's virtual host's folder pointing to Koha's Apache2 file. A symbolic link is just a pointer to the actual Koha file.

  2. We can copy the koha-httpd.conf file into the virtual host's folder, but it is better to create a symbolic link as this helps when new versions of the file are created during software upgrades.

  3. We use the ln command to create the symbolic link. The syntax is:

    ln –s <path to koha-httpd.conf> <path to symbolink link name>
    
  4. On Debian the command would be:

    koha...
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