Setting up a Calibre library server

- The Calibre library server is a great way to store your eBooks. - It allows you to: -

Share your books with others.
Easily transfer your books between devices and access them from anywhere.

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Installation

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Install the Calibre package. - You might also want rsync to upload books.

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apt install -y calibre rsync
-mkdir /opt/calibre

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- Either upload your existing library using rsync. For example to /opt/calibre/. -

cd ~/Documents
-rsync -avuP your-library-dir root@example.org:/opt/calibre/

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- Or create a library and add a book to it: -

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cd /opt/calibre
-calibredb add book.epub --with-library your-library

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- Add a new user to protect your server: -

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calibre-server --manage-users

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Creating a service

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- Create a new file /etc/systemd/system/calibre-server.service and add the following: -

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[Unit]
-Description=Calibre library server
-After=network.target
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-[Service]
-Type=simple
-User=root
-Group=root
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/calibre-server --enable-auth --enable-local-write /opt/calibre/your_library --listen-on 127.0.0.1
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-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
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- Issue systemctl daemon-reload to apply the changes. -

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- Enable and start the service. -

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systemctl enable calibre-server
-systemctl start calibre-server

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A reverse proxy with Nginx

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- Create a new file /etc/nginx/sites-available/calibre and enter the following: -

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server {
-    listen 80;
-    client_max_body_size 64M; # to upload large books
-    server_name calibre.example.org ;
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-    location / {
-        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
-    }
-}

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Issue a Let's Encrypt certificate. Detailed instructions and additional information.

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certbot --nginx

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Now just go to calibre.example.org. The server will request an username and a password.

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After login you will see something like this.

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Contribution

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