How to make available Koha in a network

Koha has web interface and can easily make available Staff Client and OPAC in the institutional / library network. Then library users can access OPAC from their seats. Library staff can use Staff Client from other client PCs. Make sure that the Koha installed computer inside a LAN (Local Area Network). Following things should try from Koha installed PC.

1. Identify IP and Netmask of the PC

Open a Terminal and apply following command.

sudo su

ifconfig

Note down the IP address and Netmask.

e.g. IP address- 192.168.1.25

       Netmask  -  255.255.0.0

2. Identify Network gateway

Apply following command in a Terminal,

ip route show

e.g. 192.168.1.

Note down the Network gateway.

3. Find the DNS

Use gateway IP is the DNS

e.g. 192.168.1.1

4. Setting up the static IP

Apply following command to open network interfaces and add network details.

sudo su

leafapd /etc/network/interfaces

Add following lines with the network credentials. Following lines contains example network details. Add your own network details.

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.25
gateway 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.0.0
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

Save and close the file.

5. Restart network

systemctl restart network-manager.service
systemctl restart networking.service
systemctl restart resolvconf.service

6. Open Koha from other systems

Open a web browser from any PC available in your network. Put IP address assigned and port number.

e.g. Koha Staff Client: http://192.168.1.25:8080

       Koha OPAC:  http://192.168.1.25

Reference

How to set a Static IP in Ubuntu – Ubuntu Network Confirguration