This worked for me and we are now able to access. question: why does the port need to be greater than 1023?
Thank you. Solomon On Fri, January 13, 2017 5:19 am, Mark Alexander wrote: > Excerpts from Solomon Mwangi's message of 2017-01-13 12:55:12 +0300: > >> I have Koha running on an Linux server running Ubuntu 12.04 >> >> >> Koha runs fine - no issues. >> >> >> I have been trying to connect to it via ZS39 but unable to connect. >> >> >> Yaz client gives me this error = System (lower-layer) error >> >> >> Help/ideas would be appreciated. >> > > I assume you're talking about Z39.50? There is a Wiki page describing > how to troubleshoot problems: > > https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Troubleshooting_Koha_as_a_Z39.50_ser > ver > > But I've found that a few details in that document were slightly wrong > or incomplete for my installation (Koha 16.11 on Debian 8). Here are the > notes I wrote for myself as I was getting Z39.50 to work on my > installation (all tasks performed while logged in as root): > > To enable Z39.50, edit the file > `/etc/koha/sites/LIBRARYNAME/koha-conf.xml`, > where LIBRARYNAME is the name you chose when you created your Koha > instance. > > Near the top of that file is a line that looks like this: > > > <listen id="publicserver">tcp:@:nnn</listen> > > > Uncomment that line by removing the `<!--` and `-->` lines before and > after it. Then replace `nnn` with an unused port number, preferably > something greater than 1023. I chose 9998. > > Farther down in file, around line 180, is a section starting with a line > that looks like this: > > <!-- PUBLICSERVER'S BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORDS --> > > > Below that is a line that looks like this: > > > <server id="publicserver" listenref="publicserver"> > > > Remove the start-of-comment line (`<!--`) before that line. > > > Now move down to around line 260, where you will see this line: > > > </serverinfo> > > > Remove the end-of-comment line (`-->`) after that line. > > > Finally, save the file and exit the editor. > > > Restart Zebra (the program that handles searches in Koha): > > > koha-restart-zebra rpl > > Verify that Zebra is now listening on the port you chose (9998 in the > example above) by doing this: > > netstat -pn --tcp --listen | grep 9998 > > If things are working, you should see a line that looks like this: > > > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:9998 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN 6986/zebrasrv > > > If things are not working, you won't see any output. > > > As a final check, you can try making a Z39.50 connection: > > > yaz-client tcp:127.0.0.1:9998/biblios > > If things are working, you should see a few lines of output, including a > line that looks like this: > > Connection accepted by v3 target. > > > and then a prompt line: > > Z> > > > If things aren't working, you'll see an error message like this: > > > Connecting...error = System (lower-layer) error: Connection refused > > > Exit the `yaz-client` program by hitting Ctrl-D or typing `exit` followed > by Enter. > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
