https://dhoomketu.net.in/categories/koha/ Recent content in Koha on Dhoomketu https://dhoomketu.net.in/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E https://dhoomketu.net.in/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E Hugo -- 0.163.3 mr Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:02:41 +0530 https://dhoomketu.net.in/2026/02/koha-administration/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://dhoomketu.net.in/2026/02/koha-administration/ <p>NOTE: Run with root privileges</p> <h1 id="backup">Backup</h1> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">koha-dump --exclude-logs --exclude-indexes --uploaded_files -q library </span></span></code></pre></div><p>NOTE: Files created in <code>/var/spool/koha/library</code></p> <h1 id="restore">Restore</h1> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">koha-restore /path/to/backupfile.tar.gz </span></span></code></pre></div><h1 id="restore-on-new-server">Restore on new server</h1> <h2 id="match-version">Match version</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">koha-version </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="create-db">Create DB</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">koha-create --create-db library </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="restore-db">Restore DB</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">zcat /path/to/backupfile.sql.gz <span class="p">|</span> mysql -u root -p library </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="start-instance">Start instance</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">koha-start instancename </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="stop-instance">Stop instance</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">koha-stop instancename </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="restore-1">Restore</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">koha-restore /path/to/backupfile.tar.gz </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="upgrade">Upgrade</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo koha-upgrade-schema library </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="rebuild-index">Rebuild index</h2> <h3 id="zebra">Zebra</h3> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">koha-rebuild-zebra -f library </span></span></code></pre></div><h3 id="elasticsearch">Elasticsearch</h3> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">koha-elasticsearch --rebuild -v library </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="restart-services">Restart services</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span class="line"><span class="cl">koha-start library </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">systemctl restart apache2 </span></span></code></pre></div>