====== Configuring VuFind® with the KohaRest Driver ======

There are a variety of methods to set up interaction between VuFind® and Koha, but the most up-to-date and easiest to automate is using the KohaRest ILS driver for real-time interaction and OAI-PMH for record harvesting.

To set up a VuFind®/Koha system with these recommended options, follow these steps:

  - [[koha_rest_plugin|Install and configure Koha's REST plugin]] -- this will allow Koha to provide real-time information about users, items and requests to VuFind®.
  - [[koha_export#option_ioai-pmh_configuration_in_koha|Configure Koha's OAI-PMH server]] -- this will make Koha's bibliographic records easily available to VuFind®.
  - [[:installation|Install VuFind®.]]
  - [[koharest_driver|Configure the KohaRest ILS driver]] -- this will allow VuFind® to make use of the Koha REST API that was configured earlier.
  - Set up [[:indexing:oai-pmh|OAI-PMH harvesting]] to harvest records from Koha's OAI-PMH server.
  - [[:indexing:marc|Import the harvested MARC records.]]
  - [[:administration:automation:koha|Automate harvesting using cron to automatically keep your index up to date.]]