bcleonard/calibre repository overview

⁠calibre

This contains the docker file and all necessary files to build a docker container for calibre.

Calibre (https://calibre-ebook.com⁠) is probably the best e-book management system out there. This docker container will run the server portion only.

⁠Preperation

Before running the container, you'll need to have the following directories predefined on the container host:

library
addbooks

The library directory will hold your books & database. addbooks will be used to add books to your library. I used:

/home/books/library
/home/books/addbooks

for the instructions below. Just make sure you create them prior to starting the container.

⁠To run the container:

docker run -d --name=calibre -v /home/books:/data:Z -p 8080:8080 bcleonard/calibre

⁠To access Calibre:

http://<docker_host>:8080

⁠To add books to the library.

First add your books to /home/books/addbooks, one book (all formats) per directory. Then run the following command:

docker exec calibre /scripts/add-books.sh

All the books in /home/books/addbooks will be added to the library, removed from the /home/books/addbooks directory and calibre notified.

To remove books from the library:

docker exec calibre /scripts/remove-books.sh -i <book_id>

⁠Notes/Caveats/Issues:

1.  I recommend running the add-scripts.sh ad-hoc, when necessary.  You can schedule it via the host (via cron, etc).
   

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2.  I recommend that you only pull versioned containers, not latest.
   

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