This VMware image was downloaded for free from:
http://kylehall.info/index.php/projects/koha/koha-virtual-appliance/

Koha is a full-featured open-source ILS. Developed initially in New Zealand by Katipo Communications Ltd and first deployed in January of 2000 for Horowhenua Library Trust, it is currently maintained by a team of software providers and library technology staff from around the globe.

Koha is not fun to install. Especially if you are new to Koha or are looking into Koha as a potential replacement for your current ILS. To make the testing and deployment of Koha easier, I will be creating Koha virtual appliances that anyone can download and run using VMware products ( such as the free VMware Player, and VMware Server).To use these appliances, just install Vmware Player or Server, and download the virtual appliance. Unzip it to an appropriate directory and open it in VMware. Then, just point a browser at the IP address of the virtual appliance, and there you go!

General Notes:
OPAC is set up on port 80 of the appliance, Intranet is on port 8080.
Admin accout is ‘kohaadmin’, password ‘kohaadmin’.
The root account password is also ‘kohaadmin’.
MySQL Server is running with NO root password.
koha-2.2.7_ubuntu-server-6.06.1-i386

This virtual appliance is Koha version 2.2.9 running on Ubuntu Server edition 6.06 ( Dapper Drake ). I chose to use 6.06 instead of a newer version, because 6.06 Server will continue to be supported with updates by Canonical until the year 2011.

Notes: This VMware image was created without preallocating the necessary disk space. This means that the appliance will not perform as well as if the space had been preallocated. All future appliances will have preallocated disk space.
