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 ====== MultiBackend Driver ====== ====== MultiBackend Driver ======
  
-The MultiBackend driver allows you to connect a single VuFind instance to multiple ILS backends.+The MultiBackend driver allows you to connect a single VuFind® instance to multiple ILS backends.
  
 ===== Indexing Your Data ===== ===== Indexing Your Data =====
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 ===== Configuring the Driver ===== ===== Configuring the Driver =====
  
-For each individual ILS being connected to VuFind, you will need to set up a separate ILS specific .ini file (e.g. copy Voyager.ini to instance1.ini and Koha.ini to instance2.ini).  You will also need to set up a [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/blob/master/config/vufind/MultiBackend.ini|MultiBackend.ini]] file to specify which of the ID prefixes set up in the previous step maps to which of the individual ILS configurations.  Further documentation can be found in all of the relevant .ini files.+For each individual ILS being connected to VuFind®, you will need to set up a separate ILS specific .ini file (e.g. copy Voyager.ini to instance1.ini and Koha.ini to instance2.ini).  You will also need to set up a [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/blob/dev/config/vufind/MultiBackend.ini|MultiBackend.ini]] file to specify which of the ID prefixes set up in the previous step maps to which of the individual ILS configurations.  Further documentation can be found in all of the relevant .ini files.
  
 For user authentication the MultiILS driver can be used to allow users to log in with a library card of the selected library. For user authentication the MultiILS driver can be used to allow users to log in with a library card of the selected library.
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   drivers[] = comb   drivers[] = comb
  
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 +===== Related Video =====
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 +See [[videos:ils_drivers_2|ILS Drivers, Part 2]] for further discussion of the MultiBackend driver.
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configuration/ils/multibackend_driver.1589199669.txt.gz · Last modified: 2020/05/11 12:21 by demiankatz