diff --git a/debian/scripts/koha-create b/debian/scripts/koha-create
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# koha-create -- Create a new Koha instance.
+# Copyright 2010  Catalyst IT, Ltd
+# 
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+set -e
+
+
+die() {
+    echo "$@" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+
+generate_config_file() {
+    touch "$2"
+    chown "root:$username" "$2"
+    chmod 0640 "$2"
+    sed -e "s/__KOHASITE__/$name/g" \
+        -e "s/__OPACPORT__/80/g" \
+        -e "s/__INTRAPORT__/$INTRAPORT/g" \
+        -e "s/__OPACSERVER__/$domain/g" \
+        -e "s/__INTRASERVER__/$intradomain/g" \
+        -e "s/__ZEBRA_PASS__/$zebrapwd/g" \
+        -e "s/__DB_NAME__/$mysqldb/g" \
+        -e "s/__DB_USER__/$mysqluser/g" \
+        -e "s/__DB_PASS__/$mysqlpwd/g" \
+        -e "s/__UNIXUSER__/$username/g" \
+        -e "s/__UNIXGROUP__/$username/g" \
+        "/etc/koha/$1" > "$2"
+}
+
+
+# Set defaults and read config file, if it exists.
+DOMAIN=""
+INTRAPORT="8080"
+INTRAPREFIX=""
+INTRASUFFIX=""
+DEFAULTSQL=""
+if [ -e /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf ]
+then
+    . /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf
+fi
+
+
+# Parse command line.
+[ "$#" = 1 ] || die "Usage: $0 instancename"
+name="$1"
+domain="$name$DOMAIN"
+if [ "$INTRAPORT" = 80 ] || [ "$INTRAPORT" = "" ]
+then
+    intradomain="$INTRAPREFIX$name$INTRASUFFIX$DOMAIN"
+else
+    intradomain="$INTRAPREFIX$name$INTRASUFFIX$DOMAIN:$INTRAPORT"
+fi
+
+
+# Create new user and group.
+username="$name-koha"
+if getent passwd "$username" > /dev/null
+then
+    die "User $username already exists."
+fi
+if getent group "$username" > /dev/null
+then
+    die "Group $username already exists."
+fi
+adduser --no-create-home --disabled-login --gecos "Koha instance $username" \
+    --quiet "$username"
+
+
+# Create the site-specific directories.
+mkdir "/etc/koha/sites/$name"
+
+mkdir "/var/lock/koha/$name"
+mkdir "/var/lock/koha/$name/authorities"
+mkdir "/var/lock/koha/$name/biblios"
+chown -R "root:$username" "/var/lock/koha/$name"
+chmod -R g+w "/var/lock/koha/$name"
+[ -d "/var/spool/koha/$name" ] || mkdir "/var/spool/koha/$name"
+
+install -d -o "$username" -g "$username" "/var/lib/koha/$name"
+install -d -o "$username" -g "$username" "/var/lib/koha/$name/authorities"
+install -d -o "$username" -g "$username" "/var/lib/koha/$name/biblios"
+install -d -o "$username" -g "$username" "/var/lib/koha/$name/biblios/key"
+install -d -o "$username" -g "$username" "/var/lib/koha/$name/biblios/register"
+install -d -o "$username" -g "$username" "/var/lib/koha/$name/biblios/shadow"
+
+install -d "/var/run/koha/$name/authorities"
+install -d "/var/run/koha/$name/biblios"
+
+
+# Generate Zebra database password.
+zebrapwd="$(pwgen -1)"
+
+
+# Set up MySQL database for this instance.
+mysqldb="koha_$name"
+mysqluser="koha_$name"
+mysqlpwd="$(pwgen -1)"
+mysql --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf <<eof
+CREATE DATABASE $mysqldb;
+CREATE USER '$mysqluser' IDENTIFIED BY '$mysqlpwd';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON $mysqldb.* TO '$mysqluser';
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+eof
+
+
+# Use the default database content if that exists.
+if [ -e "$DEFAULTSQL" ]
+then
+    # Populate the database with default content.
+    zcat "$DEFAULTSQL" |
+    sed "s/__KOHASITE__/$name/g" |
+    mysql --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf
+
+
+    # Change the default user's password.
+    staffpass="$(pwgen -1)"
+    staffdigest=$(echo -n "$staffpass" |
+                  perl -e '
+                        use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_base64); 
+                        while (<>) { print md5_base64($_), "\n"; }')
+    mysql --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf <<eof
+USE \`$mysqldb\`;
+UPDATE borrowers 
+SET password = '$staffdigest' 
+WHERE borrowernumber = 3;
+eof
+    echo "staff user password is '$staffpass' but keep that secret"
+else
+    echo "Koha instance is empty, no staff user created."
+fi
+
+
+# Generate and install Apache site-available file and log dir.
+generate_config_file apache-site.conf.in "/etc/apache2/sites-available/$name"
+mkdir "/var/log/koha/$name"
+chown "$username:$username" "/var/log/koha/$name"
+
+
+# Generate and install main Koha config file.
+generate_config_file koha-conf-site.xml.in \
+    "/etc/koha/sites/$name/koha-conf.xml"
+
+
+# Generate and install Zebra config files.
+generate_config_file zebra-biblios-site.cfg.in \
+    "/etc/koha/sites/$name/zebra-biblios.cfg"
+generate_config_file zebra-authorities-site.cfg.in \
+    "/etc/koha/sites/$name/zebra-authorities.cfg"
+generate_config_file zebra-authorities-dom-site.cfg.in \
+    "/etc/koha/sites/$name/zebra-authorities-dom.cfg"
+
+
+# Reconfigure Apache.
+a2ensite "$name"
+service apache2 restart
+
+# Start Zebra.
+koha-start-zebra "$name"
diff --git a/debian/scripts/koha-create.8 b/debian/scripts/koha-create.8
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+.\" Copyright 2010  Catalyst IT, Ltd
+.\" 
+.\" This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+.\" the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+.\" (at your option) any later version.
+.\" 
+.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
+.\" 
+.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+.\" along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+.TH KOHA-CREATE 8 2010-05-03 Koha
+.SH NAME
+koha-create \- create a new Koha instance
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B koha-create
+.IR instance-name
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B koha-create
+creates a new Koha instance.
+It is meant for a site that provides Koha hosting,
+and serves several sites from the same host.
+.PP
+The name of the instance is used as the domain name for Apache,
+and Unix user and group names, and MySQL username and table names
+are derived from it.
+Unix user and group are named
+.IR instance -koha.
+MySQL username is 
+.RI koha_ instance ,
+and table is
+.RI koha_ instance .
+.PP
+The Unix user has logins disabled.
+The password for MySQL is generated randomly, and printed to the terminal.
+.PP
+The instance name is used as the domain name (ServerName) for Apache.
+The open catalog (OPAC), for library customers, is on port 80.
+The librarian intranet interface is on port 8080.
+.PP
+After the Koha instance is created, it is ready to be used, 
+but the librarian needs to log in via the intranet and configure things.
+.PP
+Several configuration variables are available for adjusting this behavior.
+The variables are put into
+.B /etc/koha/koha-site.conf .
+The following variables are obeyed:
+.PP
+.TP
+.B DOMAIN
+The domain to append to the instance name, for Apache ServerName.
+Default is empty.
+The value must begin with a period.
+.TP
+.B INTRAPORT
+The port for the intranet.
+If you set this to empty or 80, then you
+.I must
+also define
+.B INTRAPREFIX
+or
+.BR INTRASUFFIX .
+.TP
+.B INTRAPREFIX
+This is inserted before the instance name when forming Apache ServerName.
+For subdomains, make sure it ends with a period.
+.TP
+.B INTRASUFFIX
+This is inserted after the instance name,
+but before the domain name,
+when forming Apache ServerName.
+.TP
+.B DEFAULTSQL
+An SQL file (possibly compressed with gzip) that can be fed to
+.BR mysql (1)
+to initialize the database after it has been created.
+Might be created using
+.BR koha-dump-defaults (8).
+.SH FILES
+.TP
+.B /etc/koha/koha-site.conf
+Configuration variables are read from this file, if it exists.
+.SH BUGS
+The program is a bit fragile.
+If something goes wrong, it does not clean up after itself.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+To create a new Koha instance:
+.PP
+.RS
+koha-create hslibrary
+.RE
+.PP
+The public catalog is now at 
+.I http://hslibrary/
+and the librarian interface at
+.IR http://hslibrary:8080/ .
+.PP
+To use full domain names, and have the intranet interface on port 80, but
+on a different domain name, add the following variables to the
+configuration file:
+.PP
+.nf
+.RS
+DOMAIN=".example.com"
+INTRAPORT=""
+INTRASUFFIX="-intra"
+.RE
+.fi
+.PP
+This will result in the addresses for the public and intranet interfaces
+becoming these:
+.PP
+.nf
+.RS
+http://hslibrary.example.com/
+http://hslibrary-intra.example.com/
+.RE
+.fi
+.PP
+Configuration changes only apply to instances created afterwards.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR koha-remove (8).
+.PP
+.B http://koha-community.org/
+