Frequently Asked Questions in KOHA

Q. Problem in KOHA NO result found on searching Data.

2026-01-05T05:36:33Z

SOLUTION:

Check Zebra Server is running or not.
Goto koha staff client
Goto>More>About Koha>Look for Zebra version>here check Zebra
Server is started or not
IF NOT goto command prompt and write this command to start Zebra server

[root@localhost~]# sh/usr/share/koha/bin/koha-zebra-ctl.sh restart

Q. Problem to set new password for koha

2026-01-05T05:36:33Z

SOLUTION:

Go to terminal

          Type the following commands:
              # mysql -u root -p
              # enter your mysql password
              # use koha
              # update mysql.user set password=PASSWORD('abc') where user='kohaadmin';
              # flush privileges;
              # commit;

Q. Problem regarding httpd doesnot start or page not found error

2026-01-05T05:36:33Z

SOLUTION:

Go to Terminal

         Type the following commands:
            # service httpd restart
            # chkconfig httpd on
            # chkconfig postfix on

Q. Problem in Circulation in Koha : Date-Time

2015-07-28T09:30:59Z

SOLUTION:

Goto koha staff client
Goto>More>About Koha> Perl Modules>
Check the DateTime version if it is lesser then 0.78
Upgrade DateTime version to higher than 0.78.

Q. Problem : new records entered in koha is not searchable

2015-07-28T09:42:46Z

SOLUTION:

Ensure that the new records entered get updated in the framework that has been previously created.

Rebuild the zebra index from koha user

[root@localhost ~]# su – koha
For new records entered:

perl -I /usr/share/koha/lib/ /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -z -b -v -a

For earlier records :

perl -I /usr/share/koha/lib/ /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -r -b -v -a