[Koha-devel] Koha 3 Hosting

[Michael Hafen]

The installer appears when the file version is greater than the database
version.  The file version number comes from
$INSTALL/intranet/cgi-bin/kohaversion.pl  the database version comes
from the systempreferences table, in the Version variable.

Those are the two places to check then.

Good luck.

On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 19:36 +0200, C W Nel wrote:
> Sorry for not being clear. 
> To make a long story short, the basic problem is as follows:
> 
> Changing the database name in koha_conf.xml causes the install page to
> appear, even though a database of that name exists.
> If I can understand why, I can most likely solve the problem.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hafen [mailto:mdhafen at tech.washk12.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 6:40 PM
> To: C W Nel
> Cc: koha-devel at lists.koha.org
> Subject: RE: [Koha-devel] Koha 3 Hosting
> 
> Obviously I misunderstood your first post.  Looking back it seems that
> you are trying to copy your Koha 3 install from one server to another.
> I'll proceed on this topic then.  If this is the case it should work
> fine.  Copy the database and all the installed files, and it should work
> fine.  Apart from changing the database stuff in koha_conf.xml as you
> mentioned you did.
> 
> Getting the install page in the staff client means you have a newer
> version of the files than you had on the other server.  That's my best
> guess.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 18:30 +0200, C W Nel wrote:
> > Thanks Michael.
> > 
> > I actually am not copying the Koha 2 database to Koha 3.
> > There are 2 different servers, one running Koha 2, the other Koha 3.
> > 
> > Will again have a look at the INSTALL files.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Hafen [mailto:mdhafen at tech.washk12.org] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 6:20 PM
> > To: C W Nel
> > Cc: koha-devel at lists.koha.org
> > Subject: RE: [Koha-devel] Koha 3 Hosting
> > 
> > On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 17:22 +0200, C W Nel wrote:
> > > Thanks for the reply.
> > > 
> > > I actually am not upgrading. I did a separate Koha 3 installation
> > > and want to set it up for multiple hosting.
> > > 
> > > I just need to know what is to be done. The procedure that I
> followed
> > > with Koha 2 does not work with Koha 3. (Copy database, copy
> koha-conf,
> > > create another virtual host port in koha-httpd.conf)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > This is where I'm getting confused.  Why are you copying the Koha 2
> > database to use with Koha 3.
> > Anyway, the thing to know is that there are significant differences
> > between Koha 2 and Koha 3.  The install process even is quite
> different.
> > You did get the most important thing right though, which is to make
> sure
> > the other Koha install is on different ports.
> > I might have gone a different way though.  If you have control over
> the
> > DNS it's better, IMO, to go with Name virtual hosts rather than port
> > virtual hosts.  That's what I've done.  All of the virtual hosts end
> up
> > on the same port, making managing firewalls and links easier, and are
> > accessed instead by different dns names.  If you don't have control of
> > the DNS though that's not possible.
> > Anyway, if you are doing a clean install of Koha 3 there are
> > instructions included in the source code.  Check out the INSTALL.*
> > files.
> > On the other hand, if you are trying to migrate from Koha 2 to Koha 3
> > well, that's a different story.  The link in my previous post covers
> > that topic.
> > 
> > Good luck.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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