SIP Administration in Koha Staff Interface
SIP Administration
The SIP2 module allows staff members with the sip2 permission to manage SIP2 institutions, accounts, and system preference overrides directly in the Koha Staff Interface. In 25.11 (rolled out to all BWS partners in April 2026), these settings can then be edited in the staff interface and the SIP server will pick up any changes immediately without needing a restart. This makes configuring SIP2 easier, removing the need for server access to edit XML files or restart the SIP server for these settings.
Server params and listeners are intentionally not included in this work and must still be configured in the SIPConfig.xml file.Institutions
Navigate to Administration --> SIP2
Institutions
Allows staff to set the library / branches they want the SIP connection set. Policies can also be set to yes or no for Checkin, Checkout, Offline and Renewals.
Account
Allows you to define the details of the Account connection.
System Preferences
Allow you to set a variable and value to override a specific system preference that you want set in the SIP configuration.
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