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Monday, September 21, 2020

Connect Vufind with Koha ILS

Assuming that you have already installed Vufind in your machine if don't follow this link


Go to your Vufind Auto Config directory located at >>


http://localhost/vufind/Install/Home


  • First fix the Basic Configuration by clicking on the 'Fix' button,

  • Then create a Database and assign a User and Password along with MySQL root password 

  • Then before setup, the ILS fix the Security

  • The final step is to choose the ILS driver. Here, our focus is on Koha ILS. As of now, there are three different drivers from three different generations available on Koha. Steps to configure 1st and 2nd Gen are similar and 3rd is quite different. That's why First, we will work on the 2nd generation. So, as a driver, you can select anyone. You can change it later.

**Note: Because the configuration parts are not over yet, you may find  an error message. So, just ignore it.


Now open the terminal and go to the local vufind directory and configure the config file,


sudo nano /usr/local/vufind/local/config/vufind/config.ini



Now set the following things for 2nd Generation Koha ILS driver then Save and Exit


    [Catalog]    
        
        Driver    = “KohaILSDI”

    [Authentication]
            
        Method = ILS



Enabling local Marc properties



Copy the marc_local.properties

cp /usr/local/vufind/import/marc_local.properties /usr/local/vufind/local/import


Open the marc_local.properties file

nano /usr/local/vufind/local/import/marc_local.properties


And add the following line at the end

id = 999c, first     
  

*Here you can also configure your institute & building name
    
Now you further visit the Auto Configuration directory you could see some like 👇


Auto Configuration



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