Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

2013-04-09 Thread Colin Campbell
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 07:58:56AM -0400, Callaghan, Michael D. wrote:
 The problem David and I are facing is that we have been directed to move our 
 Koha server into a data center that is managed by our corporate IT personnel. 
 They only support RHEL 6 and Windows Server 2008, and will not allow us to 
 install any other OS. Given that limitation, would you recommend we push 
 forward and try to install on RHEL, or should we abandon the attempt and find 
 another application?
If you know your way around RHEL it is straightforward. You may have to
build a couple of dependencies by hand. There are some perl modules
required that are not available in red hat. Just choose a consistent way
to handle them. Using cpanminus is the easiest way to install them, if
your corporate IT want you to use rpms the package cpanplus can be used
to build rpm specs and packages for those modules without difficulty.
Cheers
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Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

2013-04-08 Thread Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library 
david.w.hart...@disney.com wrote:

 All,
We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward…. I
 hear rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone
 share best practices on Red Hat and Koha

 David,
as Koha depends on Apache+MySQL+Perl+Zebra then it could probably run on
any Linux distribution,
the difference is on how much work you need to set it up.

Most important thing is your Perl version, you need = 5.10.
Is that's not the case, you need to compile Perl and all the needed
modules. Doable, but too much work.

If you have the right Perl, check how many needed modules can
install from packages (you need all listed by koha_perl_deps:pl -m -u)
The more you have, less work.

Check if your distribution have Zebra, if not compile it.

With that dependencies solved, Koha can run happily without problems.

Regards,
Bernardo

PS: I installed Koha 3.10 on CentOS 5.3, so I had to do all the work.
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Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

2013-04-08 Thread Kyle Hall
Barring other reasons, I would recommend running Koha on Debian whenever
possible. It is the most common platform to run Koha on, and you can even
install it from packages!

http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.x_on_Debian_Squeeze#Debian_packages_of_Koha

Kyle

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On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library 
david.w.hart...@disney.com wrote:

 All,
We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward…. I
 hear rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone
 share best practices on Red Hat and Koha

 From: Callaghan, Michael D.
 Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:55 AM
 To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library
 Subject: RE: Koha meeting today

 Do you know what version of Red Hat we have here? The Koha wiki shows that
 getting it running under 6.x should be pretty straightforward.
 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Redhat_Enterprise_6



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Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

2013-04-08 Thread Kyle Hall
Yes. You should definitely go head. I would just recommend Debian when you
have a choice. You should definitely be able to run Koha on RHEL since that
is what you have available.

Kyle

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On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library 
david.w.hart...@disney.com wrote:

 The problem Mike and I are facing is that we have been directed to move
 our Koha server into a data center that is managed by our corporate IT
 personnel. They only support RHEL 6 and Windows Server 2008, and will not
 allow us to install any other OS. Given that limitation, would you
 recommend we push forward and try to install on RHEL?

 ** **

 Thanks for your help!

 ** **

 David

 ** **

 *From:* Kyle Hall [mailto:kyle.m.h...@gmail.com kyle.m.h...@gmail.com]
 *Sent:* Monday, April 08, 2013 7:41 AM
 *To:* Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library
 *Cc:* Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz; Callaghan, Michael D.
 *Subject:* Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

 ** **

 Barring other reasons, I would recommend running Koha on Debian whenever
 possible. It is the most common platform to run Koha on, and you can even
 install it from packages!

 ** **


 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.x_on_Debian_Squeeze#Debian_packages_of_Koha
 

 ** **

 Kyle


 

 http://www.kylehall.info
 ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com )
 Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org )
 Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org )
 Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com )

 ** **

 On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library 
 david.w.hart...@disney.com wrote:

 All,
We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward…. I
 hear rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone
 share best practices on Red Hat and Koha

 From: Callaghan, Michael D.
 Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:55 AM
 To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library
 Subject: RE: Koha meeting today

 Do you know what version of Red Hat we have here? The Koha wiki shows that
 getting it running under 6.x should be pretty straightforward.
 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Redhat_Enterprise_6



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Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

2013-04-08 Thread Anderson Manly

Hi All,

   I got a lot of help from the Koha-community IRC chat room when I 
installed Koha on RHEL6, and I attempted to capture as much as I could 
and put it on the Wiki. Let me know if there's anything I can help you 
with. If you're interested in the modified rc script, I can provide that 
to you or upload it to the wiki.


V/r,
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Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

2013-04-08 Thread Callaghan, Michael D.
The problem David and I are facing is that we have been directed to move our 
Koha server into a data center that is managed by our corporate IT personnel. 
They only support RHEL 6 and Windows Server 2008, and will not allow us to 
install any other OS. Given that limitation, would you recommend we push 
forward and try to install on RHEL, or should we abandon the attempt and find 
another application?

Regards,
Mike

From: Kyle Hall [mailto:kyle.m.h...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 7:41 AM
To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library
Cc: Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz; Callaghan, Michael D.
Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

Barring other reasons, I would recommend running Koha on Debian whenever 
possible. It is the most common platform to run Koha on, and you can even 
install it from packages!

http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.x_on_Debian_Squeeze#Debian_packages_of_Koha

Kyle

http://www.kylehall.info
ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com )
Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org )
Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org )
Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com )

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library 
david.w.hart...@disney.commailto:david.w.hart...@disney.com wrote:
All,
   We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward I hear 
rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone share 
best practices on Red Hat and Koha

From: Callaghan, Michael D.
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:55 AM
To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library
Subject: RE: Koha meeting today

Do you know what version of Red Hat we have here? The Koha wiki shows that 
getting it running under 6.x should be pretty straightforward.
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Redhat_Enterprise_6



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Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

2013-04-08 Thread Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library 
david.w.hart...@disney.com wrote:

 The problem Mike and I are facing is that we have been directed to move
 our Koha server into a data center that is managed by our corporate IT
 personnel. They only support RHEL 6 and Windows Server 2008, and will not
 allow us to install any other OS. Given that limitation, would you
 recommend we push forward and try to install on RHEL?


I would say yes.
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Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

2013-04-08 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi,

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:30 AM, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library
david.w.hart...@disney.com wrote:
 The problem Mike and I are facing is that we have been directed to move
 our Koha server into a data center that is managed by our corporate IT
 personnel. They only support RHEL 6 and Windows Server 2008, and will
 not allow us to install any other OS. Given that limitation, would you
 recommend we push forward and try to install on RHEL?

Since RHEL6 includes Perl 5.10, that at least removes one major
barrier, and installing Koha on that platform is certainly doable --
and it's even more so if you're allowed to pull dependencies from EPEL
and RPMForge.

Regards,

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Re: [Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

2013-04-08 Thread Mark Tompsett

Greetings,

You may have to CPAN some libraries in -- even with RPMForge and EPEL. :( I 
was playing with CentOS 6.3 and found this issue.
Though, I was beginning to play with cpan2rpm, which would hopefully allow 
for future upgrading as the libraries become available in the default repos.
And though it is strongly recommended against to install from CPAN (because 
upgrading becomes a CPAN only option), Koha can function just fine under 
RHEL 6.


GPML,
Mark Tompsett 


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[Koha] Koha - Red Hat question

2013-04-07 Thread Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library
All,
   We saw the Koha wiki and Red Hat looked pretty straight forward…. I hear 
rumors that it is not recommended to run Koha on Red hat .. Can anyone share 
best practices on Red Hat and Koha

From: Callaghan, Michael D.
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:55 AM
To: Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library
Subject: RE: Koha meeting today

Do you know what version of Red Hat we have here? The Koha wiki shows that 
getting it running under 6.x should be pretty straightforward.
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Redhat_Enterprise_6



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