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You can easily create a unit file for calibre to run on boot on a modern (systemd) based Linux system. This means it will also restart after a crash. Create the file <code>/etc/systemd/system/calibre.service</code> with the contents shown below: | You can easily create a unit file for calibre to run on boot on a modern (systemd) based Linux system. This means it will also restart after a crash. Create the file <code>/etc/systemd/system/calibre.service</code> with the contents shown below: | ||
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The <code>User</code> and <code>Group</code> should be the same ones that own the files in the calibre library directory. Note that it is generally not a good idea to run the server as root. Also change the path to the calibre library directory to suit your system. | The <code>User</code> and <code>Group</code> should be the same ones that own the files in the calibre library directory. Note that it is generally not a good idea to run the server as root. Also change the path to the calibre library directory to suit your system. |
Revision as of 11:29, 4 December 2019
You can easily create a unit file for calibre to run on boot on a modern (systemd) based Linux system. This means it will also restart after a crash. Create the file /etc/systemd/system/calibre.service
with the contents shown below:
[Unit] Description=Calibre. After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=simple User=pi Group=pi WorkingDirectory=/home/pi/calibre-web ExecStart=python cps.py Restart=always [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
The User
and Group
should be the same ones that own the files in the calibre library directory. Note that it is generally not a good idea to run the server as root. Also change the path to the calibre library directory to suit your system.
Now run:
sudo systemctl start calibre
to start the server. Check its status with:
sudo systemctl status calibre
To make it start at boot, run:
sudo systemctl enable calibre
Note
The calibre server does not need a running X server, but it does need the X libraries installed as some components it uses link against them.
The calibre server also supports systemd socket activation, so you can use that, if needed, as well.