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Calibre-Web README
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Calibre-Web provides a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading
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e-books using an existing Calibre database. Teachers can add upload e-books,
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adjust e-book metadata, and create custom book collections ("bookshelves"):
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https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web#about
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This Ansible role installs Calibre-Web as part of your Internet-in-a-Box, as a
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possible alternative to Calibre (we'll call it 'calibre-web' from here down,
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noting that ``calibreweb_*`` variables do not include the dash, per Ansible
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recommendations).
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Using It
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--------
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After installation, try out calibre-web at http://box/books (or box.lan/books).
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Typically students access it without a password (to read and download books)
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whereas teachers add books using an administrative account, as follows::
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Username: Admin
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Password: changeme
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If the default configuration is not found, the calibre-web server creates a
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new settings file with calibre-web's own administrative account default::
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Username: admin
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Password: admin123
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Backend
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-------
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You can manage the backend calibre-web server with these systemd commands::
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systemctl enable calibre-web
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systemctl restart calibre-web
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systemctl status calibre-web
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systemctl stop calibre-web
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Configuration
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-------------
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To configure calibre-web, login as user 'Admin' then click 'Admin' on top.
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Check 'Configuration' options near the bottom of the page.
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Critical settings are stored in::
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/library/calibre-web/config/app.db
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Your e-book metadata is stored in a Calibre-style database::
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/library/calibre-web/metadata.db
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See also::
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/library/calibre-web/metadata_db_prefs_backup.json
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Back Up Your Content
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--------------------
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Please back up the entire folder ``/library/calibre-web`` before upgrading —
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as it contains your calibre-web content **and** settings!
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Upgrading
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---------
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Reinstalling calibre-web automatically upgrades to the latest version.
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Back up your content **and** settings before reinstalling, as explained above.
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**Move your /library/calibre-web/metadata.db if you're sure you want to install
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a bare/minimal metadata.db and force all settings to the default. Then run**::
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cd /opt/iiab/iiab
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./runrole calibre-web
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Or, to reinstall all of Internet-in-a-Box::
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cd /opt/iiab/iiab
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./iiab-install --reinstall
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Or, if you just want to upgrade calibre-web code alone, prior to proceeding
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manually::
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cd /opt/iiab/calibre-web
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git pull
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Known Issues
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* Trying to access an empty public bookshelf causes a system error.
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* As of August 2018, calibre-web doesn't yet include Calibre's e-book
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conversion functionality (e.g. Calibre 3.27.1 [released 2018-07-06] allows
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teachers to convert between PDF, epub, txt etc — to permit reading on a wider
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array client devices and client software).
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* calibre-web does not currently use version numbers, so glitches might
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occasionally arise using its master branch. Please assist us in reporting
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issues here, if they do arise: https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/issues
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