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title: Run calibre-web in Docker
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description: Manage your ebook collection. Like a BOSS.
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---
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# Calibre-Web in Docker
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The [AutoPirate](/recipes/autopirate/) recipe includes [Lazy Librarian](https://github.com/itsmegb/LazyLibrarian), a tool for tracking, finding, and downloading eBooks. However, after the eBooks are downloaded, Lazy Librarian is not much use for organising, tracking, and actually **reading** them.
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[Calibre-Web](https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web) could be described as "_[Plex](/recipes/plex/) (or [Emby](/recipes/emby/)) for eBooks_" - it's a web-based interface to manage your eBook library, screenshot below:
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{ loading=lazy }
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Of course, you probably already manage your eBooks using the excellent [Calibre](https://calibre-ebook.com/), but this is primarily a (_powerful_) desktop application. Calibre-Web is an alternative way to manage / view your existing Calibre database, meaning you can continue to use Calibre on your desktop if you wish.
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As a long-time Kindle user, Calibre-Web brings (among [others](https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web)) the following features which appeal to me:
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* Filter and search by titles, authors, tags, **series** and language
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* Create custom book collection (shelves)
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Support for editing eBook metadata and deleting eBooks from Calibre library
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* Support for converting eBooks from EPUB to Kindle format (mobi/azw)
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* Send eBooks to Kindle devices with the click of a button
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* Support for reading eBooks directly in the browser (.txt, .epub, .pdf, .cbr, .cbt, .cbz)
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* Upload new books in PDF, epub, fb2 format
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--8<-- "recipe-standard-ingredients.md"
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## Preparation
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### Setup data locations
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We'll need a directory to store some config data for Calibre-Web, container, so create /var/data/calibre-web, and ensure the directory is owned by the same use which owns your Calibre data (below)
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```bash
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mkdir /var/data/calibre-web
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chown calibre:calibre /var/data/calibre-web # for example
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```
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Ensure that your Calibre library is accessible to the swarm (_i.e., exists on shared storage_), and that the same user who owns the config directory above, also owns the actual calibre library data (_including the ebooks managed by Calibre_).
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### Prepare environment
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Create `/var/data/config/calibre-web/calibre-web.env`, and populate with the following variables
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```bash
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PUID=
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PGID=
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```
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### Setup Docker Swarm
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Create a docker swarm config file in docker-compose syntax (v3), something like this:
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--8<-- "premix-cta.md"
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```yaml
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version: '3'
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services:
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app:
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image: technosoft2000/calibre-web
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env_file : /var/data/config/calibre-web/calibre-web.env
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volumes:
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- /var/data/calibre-web:/config
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- /srv/data/Archive/Ebooks/calibre:/books
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networks:
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- internal
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- traefik_public
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deploy:
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labels:
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# traefik common
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- traefik.enable=true
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- traefik.docker.network=traefik_public
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# traefikv1
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- traefik.frontend.rule=Host:calibre.example.com
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- traefik.port=8083
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# traefikv2
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- "traefik.http.routers.calibre.rule=Host(`calibre.example.com`)"
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- "traefik.http.services.calibre.loadbalancer.server.port=8083"
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- "traefik.enable=true"
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# Remove if you wish to access the URL directly
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- "traefik.http.routers.calibre.middlewares=forward-auth@file"
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networks:
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traefik_public:
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external: true
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internal:
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driver: overlay
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ipam:
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config:
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- subnet: 172.16.18.0/24
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```
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--8<-- "reference-networks.md"
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## Serving
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### Launch Calibre-Web
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Launch the Calibre-Web stack by running ```docker stack deploy calibre-web -c <path -to-docker-compose.yml>```
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Log into your new instance at `https://**YOUR-FQDN**`. You'll be directed to the initial GUI configuraition. Set the first field (_Location of Calibre database_) to "_/books/_", and when complete, login using defaults username of "**admin**" with password "**admin123**".
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[^1]: Yes, Calibre does provide a server component. But it's not as fully-featured as Calibre-Web (_i.e., you can't use it to send ebooks directly to your Kindle_)
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[^2]: A future enhancement might be integrating this recipe with the filestore for [NextCloud](/recipes/nextcloud/), so that the desktop database (Calibre) can be kept synced with Calibre-Web.
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[^3]: If you plan to use calibre-web to send `.mobi` files to your Kindle via `@kindle.com` email addresses, be sure to add the sending address to the "[Approved Personal Documents Email List](https://www.amazon.com/hz/mycd/myx#/home/settings/payment)"
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--8<-- "recipe-footer.md"
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