Setting up a Calibre server
Documenting the steps I took to get a Calibre server up and running on a Raspberry Pi.
Requirements
A Raspberry Pi that’s accessible from devices in the network and that’s optionally set up with a static IP and a custom domain.
Setting up calibre
Install calibre. The latest version of calibre doesn’t seem to be available in the repos.
sudo apt install calibre
Create a calibre library.
mkdir /mnt/elements/media/ebooks/
cd /mnt/elements/media/ebooks/
wget http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1342.kindle.noimages -O pride.mobi
calibredb add /mnt/elements/media/ebooks/* --library-path /mnt/elements/media/ebooks/
Make sure everything works
calibre-server /mnt/elements/media/ebooks/
Try loading up http://127.0.0.1:8080
(Optional) Create a systemd service unit file to manage the server. Create file at
/etc/systemd/system/calibre-server.service with the following
[Unit]
Description=calibre content server
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=pi
Group=pi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/calibre-server "/mnt/elements/media/ebooks/"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Try starting up the server
systemctl enable calibre-server
systemctl start calibre-server