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You can easily create a | === Creating a unit file === | ||
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-server.service</code> with the contents shown below: | |||
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[Unit] | [Unit] | ||
Description=Calibre. | Description=Calibre. | ||
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[Install] | [Install] | ||
WantedBy=multi-user.target</ | WantedBy=multi-user.target</pre> | ||
The <code>User</code> and <code> | The <code>User</code> and <code>Group</code> should be the same ones that own the files in the calibre library directory. It's generally not a good idea to run the server as root. Also change the path to the calibre library directory to suit your system. | ||
=== Starting the calibre-server service === | |||
Run: | |||
<code>sudo systemctl start calibre</code> | <code>sudo systemctl start calibre-server</code> | ||
to start the server. | to start the server. | ||
===Stopping the calibre-server service=== | |||
Stopping the service is as easy as running: | |||
<code>sudo systemctl stop calibre-server</code> | |||
===Checking the status of the calibre-server service=== | |||
Check its status with: | |||
<code>sudo systemctl status calibre-server</code> | |||
=== Enabling the calibre-server service to start at boot === | |||
To make it start at boot, run: | To make it start at boot, run: | ||
<code>sudo systemctl enable calibre</code> | <code>sudo systemctl enable calibre-server</code> | ||
===== Note ===== | ===== Note ===== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:56, 4 December 2019
Creating a unit file
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-server.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. It's generally not a good idea to run the server as root. Also change the path to the calibre library directory to suit your system.
Starting the calibre-server service
Run:
sudo systemctl start calibre-server
to start the server.
Stopping the calibre-server service
Stopping the service is as easy as running:
sudo systemctl stop calibre-server
Checking the status of the calibre-server service
Check its status with:
sudo systemctl status calibre-server
Enabling the calibre-server service to start at boot
To make it start at boot, run:
sudo systemctl enable calibre-server
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.