Calibre Web App

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Calibre Web is a web app for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks stored in a Calibre database.

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Importing existing calibre database

To import an existing Calibre database, do the following:

• Stop the app
• Copy the database into /app/data/library using the File Manager
• Start the app

Library

By default, the library is located at /app/data/library. This can be moved to another location by copying over the existing library to the new cloudron. Note that the library files must have the owner cloudron.

To start with a fresh library is tricky since calibredb offers no straightforward command to create an empty library. As a workaround, run the following commands using the Web Terminal:

# cd /path/to/library
# chown cloudron:cloudron /path/to/library
# gosu cloudron:cloudron calibredb restore_database --really-do-it --with-library /path/to/library
Starting restoring preferences and column metadata ... 0%
Cannot restore preferences. Backup file not found. ... 100%
Restoring database succeeded
old database saved as /path/to/library/metadata_pre_restore.db

Switch the library in Admin -> Edit Calibre Database Configuration :