[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] staff clients and virtual images, was Re: forum?

[Nuku Ameyibor]

i wanted to ask. is there any way of importing  users into the system
from an xml  file or from a  csv file.we want to be able to load
preexisting   data  from another source into the  system.
so basically i am looking for a way  to  load   patrons into the
system from an   external source
and possibly also in a way which would allow them  to have some roles
automatically attached to them if possible.
and also cna i have the username and password for  the postgre data of
 the vmware debian  image ? i wanted to have  a look at the database
structure or if you possibly have  the er diagram already availabe.
can i have it .its for   the evergreen version on the debian system

On 5/6/09, Nuku Ameyibor <nayibor at gmail.com> wrote:
> worked perfectly.!!thanks very much .
> going out for lunch .will come back go through it and get back to
> you.by the way what would i need to do to remove  all pervious data
> from it and set it up as  a fresh installation although i am running
> it from the vm image.how do i remove all the previous data which is in
> it. and how would the performance of this image be like  seeing as  i
> am running it from  a vmware image.
>
> On 5/5/09, Jason Etheridge <jason at esilibrary.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Nuku Ameyibor <nayibor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> i have another question though
>>> hello everyone .i just installed the evergreen debian virtual image .i
>>> tried unsueccsusefly to run it on macox but it wasnt working.i now
>>> have it  installed and running using  the vmware fusion on my mac. the
>>> problem  is that i need a staff client  for staff to be able to use
>>> the staff version.the   openils.org site says that  the virtual image
>>> doesnt work with the staff client.does anybody  have any ideas or
>>> suggestions about  how i can run this??
>>
>> First thing to determine is whether the image is accessible outside of
>> itself.  The most recent ones (the VirtualBox ones) definitely are.
>> That means you can point an external web browser to the image's OPAC
>> and get results.  If this isn't the case, then you may be able to
>> reconfigure the image and the virtualization software running the
>> image so that it is, or, you could run a staff client from within the
>> image.
>>
>> Assuming external access is possible, then you could take a stock
>> version of the staff client, matching the major release of the EG
>> instance on the image (for example, 1.2.x or 1.4.x), and _force_ the
>> image to support it by setting up a specific symbolic link.
>>
>> For example, let's assume you have a very old vmware image for
>> Evergreen, perhaps this:
>> "Server, VMWare image, 1.2.1.4 on Ubuntu 7.10"
>>
>> And the latest "1.2" staff client available for download is for
>> 1.2.4.0.  These will not work with each other out of the box.
>>
>> What you can do is install the client, run it, and on the login
>> screen, press the "About this client..." button.  On the screen that
>> pops up, look for the text following "Target Server ID:".  In this
>> case, it is "rel_1_2_4_0".
>>
>> So what is needed is for the server to have a directory or a symbolic
>> link named rel_1_2_4_0, that happens to point to a directory
>> containing remote files for the staff client.  For all of these
>> images, you should be able to find what you're needing in the
>> directory /openils/var/web/xul/.
>>
>> So, in the image, from the command-line (in a terminal window), as the
>> Linux user "opensrf", you can enter these commands:
>>
>> cd /openils/var/web/xul/
>> ls -l
>>
>> And look to see what "versions" of the staff client are supported.  In
>> this case, there should be a directory named "rel_1_2_1_4".
>>
>> What you would need to do this is create a link to rel_1_2_1_4 from
>> rel_1_2_4_0.  Do this by entering:
>>
>> ln -s rel_1_2_1_4 rel_1_2_4_0
>>
>> Then, if you restart your staff client and point it the IP address for
>> your server image, it should be supported.
>>
>> I think it's likely that future images will come already bundled with
>> an appropriate staff client for download, and not require you to
>> download a client from the Internet.
>>
>> Let me know if this helps!
>>
>> --
>> Jason Etheridge
>>  | VP, Community Support and Advocacy
>>  | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
>>  | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>>  | email:  jason at esilibrary.com
>>  | web:  http://www.esilibrary.com
>>
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