Plugin system

Il sistema a plugin di Koha ti permette di aggiungere reports e strumenti personalizzati alla tua installazione di Koha. I Plugini sono installati caricando un pacchetto KPZ ( Koha Plugin Zip ). Un file KPZ è semplicemente un zip che contiene i file perl, i templates e ogni altro files necessario al plugin per funzionare.

Avvertimento

There is no vetting process by the Koha community for plugins. Each plugin is maintained and tested by its provider and contributors. Use plugins at your own risk.

La gestione dei plugin deve essere attivata da un intervento sulla linea di comando Linux.

Configurazione

Per attivare la gestione dei plugin di Koha bisogna prima fare dei cambiamenti alla tua installazione.

  • Cambia <enable_plugins>0</enable_plugins> to <enable_plugins>1</enable_plugins> nel tuo file koha-conf.xml

  • Riavvia il tuo webserver

On the Tools page you will see the Tools Plugins and on the Reports page you will see the Reports Plugins.

Installing a plugin repository

In the koha-conf.xml file, there should be a <plugin_repos> tag. This tag is used to tell Koha in which git repositories to search for plugins.

Each individual repository is in a <repo> tag. Inside this tag are the repository’s information.

  • <name> is the name of the company or individual whose repository this is.

  • <org_name> is the username of the company or individual on the git service.

  • <service> is the git platform used to host the repository.

Several repositories are available in the default configuration file. You can uncomment one or all.

<plugin_repos>
  <repo>
    <name>ByWater Solutions</name>
    <org_name>bywatersolutions</org_name>
    <service>github</service>
  </repo>
  <repo>
    <name>Theke Solutions</name>
    <org_name>thekesolutions</org_name>
    <service>gitlab</service>
  </repo>
  <repo>
    <name>PTFS Europe</name>
    <org_name>ptfs-europe</org_name>
    <service>github</service>
  </repo>
</plugin_repos>

Installing and using plugins

See the plugins section in the administration chapter of this manual to learn how to install and use plugins in Koha.