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linuxserver/calibre-web

Calibre-Web is a web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks using an existing Calibre database. It is also possible to integrate google drive and edit metadata and your calibre library through the app itself.

This software is a fork of library and licensed under the GPL v3 License.

Usage

docker create \
  --name=calibre-web \
  -v <path to data>:/config \
  -v <path to calibre library>:/books \
  -e PGID=<gid> -e PUID=<uid>  \
  -p 8083:8083 \
  linuxserver/calibre-web

Parameters

The parameters are split into two halves, separated by a colon, the left hand side representing the host and the right the container side. For example with a port -p external:internal - what this shows is the port mapping from internal to external of the container. So -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 http://192.168.x.x:8080 would show you what's running INSIDE the container on port 80.

• -p 8083 - calibre-web gui port
• -v /config - where calibre-web stores it's database
• -v /books - where your calibre database is located
• -e PGID for GroupID - see below for explanation
• -e PUID for UserID - see below for explanation

It is based on alpine linux with s6 overlay, for shell access whilst the container is running do docker exec -it calibre-web /bin/bash.

User / Group Identifiers

Sometimes when using data volumes (-v flags) permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container. We avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID and group PGID. Ensure the data volume directory on the host is owned by the same user you specify and it will "just work" ™.

In this instance PUID=1001 and PGID=1001. To find yours use id user as below:

  $ id <dockeruser>
    uid=1001(dockeruser) gid=1001(dockergroup) groups=1001(dockergroup)

Setting up the application

Webui can be found at http://<your-ip>:8083

On the initial setup screen, enter /books as your calibre library location.

Default admin login: Username: admin Password: admin123

To reverse proxy with our Letsencrypt docker container use the following location block:

        location /calibre-web {
                proxy_pass              http://<your-ip>:8083;
                proxy_set_header        Host            $http_host;
                proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
                proxy_set_header        X-Scheme        $scheme;
                proxy_set_header        X-Script-Name   /calibre-web;
        }

Info

• Shell access whilst the container is running: docker exec -it calibre-web /bin/bash

• To monitor the logs of the container in realtime: docker logs -f calibre-web

• container version number

docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' calibre-web

• image version number

docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' linuxserver/calibre-web

Versions

• 03.01.19: Remove guest user from default app.db
• 16.08.18: Rebase to alpine 3.8.
• 03.07.18: New build pushed, all versions below 67 have vulnerability
• 05.01.18: Deprecate cpu_core routine lack of scaling.
• 06.12.17: Rebase to alpine 3.7.
• 27.11.17: Use cpu core counting routine to speed up build time.
• 24.07.17: Curl version for imagemagick.
• 17.07.17: Initial release.