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:

1. Install and configure Koha's REST plugin – this will allow Koha to provide real-time information about users, items and requests to VuFind®.
2. Configure Koha's OAI-PMH server – this will make Koha's bibliographic records easily available to VuFind®.
3. Install VuFind®.
4. Configure the KohaRest ILS driver – this will allow VuFind® to make use of the Koha REST API that was configured earlier.
5. Set up OAI-PMH harvesting to harvest records from Koha's OAI-PMH server.
6. Import the harvested MARC records.
7. Automate harvesting using cron to automatically keep your index up to date.