How to Make Available Koha in a Network (IP configuration)

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1.Identify IP and Netmask of the PC (Note down the IP address and Netmask.)

Open a Terminal and apply following command. (Ctrl + Alt = C)

sudo su
ifconfig

2. Identify Network gateway (Note down the Network gateway)

Apply following command in a Terminal,


ip route sho

3. Find the DNS

(e.g. free google DNS: 8.8.8.8)


4. Setting up the static IP

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

leafpad /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 192.168.5.156
gateway 192.168.5.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8

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://192.168.5.156:8080
       Koha OPAC: http://192.168.5.156