Reindexing Zebra Because there are no results found in opac and intranet search in KOHA Integrated Library System

Question

I have a freshly installed Koha 3.16 in a Debian Server. I already imported the MARC records into the catalog, but when I search it on Opac , there is no results found.

I read this link: My Zebra Indexing won’t work! How do I fix it? (AKA: I search for stuff and nothing comes up! Help!)

I have tried to follow what has been said in this link. But unfortunately Im stuck with the third step.

export PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib
export KOHA_CONF=/usr/share/koha/koha-conf.xml
/usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r -v -x

I run this commands, but still, no luck. I tried to rebuild zebra using the command:

sudo koha-rebuild-zebra -f -v  mylibrary

The result shows:

Zebra configuration information 
================================ 
Zebra biblio directory      = /var/lib/koha/mylibrary/biblios 
Zebra authorities directory = /var/lib/koha/mylibrary/authorities 
Koha directory              = /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin 
Lockfile                    = /var/lock/koha/mylibrary/rebuild/rebuild..LCK 
BIBLIONUMBER in :     999$c 
BIBLIOITEMNUMBER in : 999$d 
================================ 
skipping authorities 
==================== 
exporting biblio 
==================== 
Records exported: 7922 
==================== 
REINDEXING zebra 
==================== 
18:04:12-13/11 zebraidx(8862) [warn] zebra_lock_create fail              fname=/var/lock/koha/mylibrary/biblios/norm..LCK [No such file or directory] 
18:04:12-13/11 zebraidx(8862) [warn] zebra_lock_create fail fname=/var/lock/koha/mylibrary/biblios/shadow..LCK [No such file or directory] 
18:04:12-13/11 zebraidx(8862) [fatal] Could not select database biblios errCode=109 
18:04:12-13/11 zebraidx(8863) [warn] zebra_lock_create fail fname=/var/lock/koha/mylibrary/biblios/norm..LCK [No such file or directory] 
18:04:12-13/11 zebraidx(8863) [warn] zebra_lock_create fail fname=/var/lock/koha/mylibrary/biblios/shadow..LCK [No such file or directory] 
18:04:12-13/11 zebraidx(8863) [fatal] Could not select database biblios errCode=109 
==================== 
CLEANING 
==================== 
Zebra configuration information 
================================ 
Zebra biblio directory      = /var/lib/koha/mylibrary/biblios 
Zebra authorities directory = /var/lib/koha/mylibrary/authorities 
Koha directory              = /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin 
Lockfile                    = /var/lock/koha/mylibrary/rebuild/rebuild..LCK 
BIBLIONUMBER in :     999$c 
BIBLIOITEMNUMBER in : 999$d 
================================ 
==================== 
exporting authority 
==================== 

Records exported: 0 
==================== 
REINDEXING zebra 
==================== 
skipping biblios 
==================== 
CLEANING 
==================== 

Whats wrong with reindexing Zebra? How will I fix it? I found a problem same with me, but honestly I dont get how to apply a Patch.Here's the link:

zebraidx errCode=109

Please fix it. I really have to get this working.

Answer 1

Happened the same when install koha in Centos. Try:

Koha-rebuild-zebra -f -v -b mylibrary

You can use these lines to restart the search tables.

sudo zebraidx -c /etc/koha/sites/library/zebra-biblios.cfg drop biblios
sudo zebraidx -c /etc/koha/sites/library/zebra-biblios.cfg commit 
koha-rebuild-zebra -b -r -v mylibrary

• Finally: Try to change the parameter SearchEngine in the preferences section. Zebra to Solr.

Other parameters (source):

• -f, --full Does a reindex of the whole collection. Will run even if USE_INDEXER_DAEMON=yes.
• -a, --authorities Only run the indexing process for authority records.
• -b, --biblios Only run the indexing process for biblio records.
• -q, --quiet Sometimes be a bit quieter for scripts/cronjobs.
• -v, --verbose Be verbose. Useful for debugging indexing problems.

Answer 2

Hi your all previous step looks great after all the above steps as followed by user till /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r -v -x looks fine after that you give the following command zebrasrv -f /path/to/the.KOHA_CONF file i.e xml file which should run in background process else if you get logout indexing also go off