OPAC Administration Wizard
The OPAC Administration policy allows you to provide default settings for the Prepare Web Server utility. This utility, along with the setup_webcat script is used to configure the e–Library on your SirsiDynix Symphony system, and is typically run during upgrades.
From the OPAC Administration policy window, you can modify the policy settings, then click Save to save your changes or click Close to exit the wizard.
Only one user at a time can work with policies. This is a safeguard to prevent users from modifying the same policy at the same time.
Attributes
The OPAC Administration policy displays the following attributes.
| • | HTML Document Root Directory |
| • | CGI Directory |
| • | URL to WebCat Web Server |
| • | Hyperion Gateway |
Use this attribute to designate the path to the HTML documents directory.
Use this attribute to designate the path to the Web server’s CGI directory.
Use this attribute to designate the URL of the Web server.
Note: The URL must contain http:// before the server address and optional port number.
If Hyperion is configured on your system, select a Hyperion gateway from the list. The Gateway Policy helper is available for you to view and modify gateway attributes.
Configuring the e–Library on the SirsiDynix Symphony Server
SirsiDynix Symphony administrators should perform the following actions to configure the e–Library on the SirsiDynix Symphony server.
| 1 | Click the OPAC Administration wizard on the Configuration toolbar. |
| 2 | Type values for the HTML Document Root Directory, CGI Directory, URL to WebCat Web Server, and Hyperion Gateway attributes. Once you provide these values, they are saved for use in the next upgrade or update. You can change these values at any time using the OPAC Administration wizard. |
| 3 | For SirsiDynix Symphony on UNIX systems, run the setup_webcat script by logging in to the system as a UNIX user who has permissions to read files from the SirsiDynix Symphony file system and write files to the httpd file system. SirsiDynix recommends logging in as the root user. Use the Change Directory (cd) command to change to the /Unicorn/Bin directory. From the UNIX prompt, type setup_webcat and press ENTER. |
| 4 | For SirsiDynix Symphony on Windows Server systems, run the setup_webcat script on the SirsiDynix Symphony server. From the system prompt, type setup_webcat and press ENTER. |
On systems running multiple SirsiDynix Symphony instances, the administrator must run the prepare_web script from the command line on the server. The prepare_web script will display the path of whatever /Rpttemp directory is defined in the upath file for that SirsiDynix Symphony instance. Then, the administrator runs the setup_webcat script by typing setup_webcat and the directory provided by prepare_web.
For example, on a multi-SirsiDynix Symphony system, after running the prepare_web script, a message like the following displays.
Your answers have been saved in /export/home1/Multi/Unicorn/Rpttemp.
Please run setup_webcat as follows:
setup_webcat /export/home1/Multi/Unicorn/Rpttemp
Using this information, the administrator types the following and presses ENTER.
setup_webcat /export/home1/Multi/Unicorn/Rpttemp
Configuring the e–Library on a Remote Server
For systems running the e–Library on a remote server, the OPAC Administration wizard is a prepare_web script which can be run by typing prepare_web on the command line. The reason the OPAC Administration wizard is not available on the remote server is because SirsiDynix Symphony is not installed on the remote server; only the e–Library is installed. The prepare_web script will prompt the user for all of the same paths as in the OPAC Administration wizard.
SirsiDynix Symphony administrators should perform the following actions to configure the e–Library on a remote server.
| 1 | Run the prepare_web script on the remote server. At the command prompt, type prepare_web. |
| 2 | The prepare_web script will prompt you for all of the same paths as in the OPAC Administration wizard. Type values for the HTML Document Root Directory, CGI Directory, URL to WebCat Web Server, and Hyperion Gateway. |
| 3 | Run the setup_webcat script on the remote server (following the steps for UNIX or Windows Server systems above). From the system prompt, type setup_webcat and press ENTER. |
For example, on a multi-SirsiDynix Symphony system, after running the prepare_web script, a message like the following displays.
Your answers have been saved in /export/home1/Multi/Unicorn/Rpttemp.
Please run setup_webcat as follows:
setup_webcat /export/home1/Multi/Unicorn/Rpttemp
Using this information, the administrator types the following and presses ENTER.
setup_webcat /export/home1/Multi/Unicorn/Rpttemp