Administration

This page collects information on working with a fully installed, configured and indexed VuFind® system – everything to do with day-to-day operations is linked from here.

• Automation - Automating common VuFind® tasks (Solr indexing, startup, etc.)
• Command Line Utilities - Notes on non-web-based tools for interacting with VuFind®.
• Production Checklist - Important details to consider when going live with VuFind®.
• Starting and Stopping Solr - How to turn your new discovery server on and off.
• VuFind® for Project Managers - Notes on managing a VuFind® implementation.
• NPM Scripts - Command-line tool for front end tasks like pre-style compilation.
• PHP Settings - Notes on PHP settings that may affect VuFind®.

• Linking to VuFind® from External Systems - Notes on integrating VuFind® with other software.
• Search Engine Optimization - Exposing your content to search engines (see also robots.txt for notes on blocking crawlers).
• Searching Subscription Databases in VuFind® - Access your subscription content in the same interface as your catalog.

• Fault Tolerance and Load Balancing - Notes on high availability.
• Performance - Getting the best performance out of VuFind®. (See also: Testing Performance).
• Security - Ensuring that your VuFind® installation is secure.
• Solr Replication - Notes on configuring Solr replication.
• Squid Reverse Proxy Notes - Notes on using the Squid reverse proxy with VuFind® (somewhat outdated).
• Usability - Making sure VuFind® is serving your users as well as it can.

See the Third-Party Add-ons page for some additional software that may meet some of your needs.