Koha 3 Library Management System

Preparing for installation

In this section we prepare for the installation—setting up a server, preparing a list of packages for installation and configuring installation tools.

Server prerequisites

Before we start the installation, we will need a server setup as follows:

Prerequisites	Description
Server	2 GB RAM, 40 GB hard disk should be good for most libraries.
Internet connection	High speed Internet connection to download software.
Linux	Your preferred distribution installed on the server.
Firewall ports opened	Git port 9418 FTP port 21 HTTP port 80
Access	Access to the server via SSH, or directly.
User	A Linux user with sudo privileges, in this book we use user—koha.
Locale	Your locale setup on the server.

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