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- 192.168.29.206
Netmask - 255.255.254.0
2. Identify Network gateway
Apply following command in a Terminal,
ip route show
e.g. 192.168.28.1
Note down the Network gateway.
3. Find the DNS
Use gateway IP is the DNS
e.g. 192.168.28.1
4. Setting up the static IP
Apply following command to open network interfaces and add network details.
sudo su
nano /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 192.168.29.206
gateway 192.168.28.1
netmask 255.255.254.0
dns-nameservers 192.168.28.1
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.29.206
gateway 192.168.28.1
netmask 255.255.254.0
dns-nameservers 192.168.28.1
Save and close the file.
5. Restart network
systemctl restart network-manager.service
systemctl restart networking.service
systemctl restart resolvconf.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://192.168.29.206:8001
Koha OPAC: http://192.168.29.206:8000
